NEET2003BiologyChapterActual
Carcinoma refers to:
Options
- Amalignant tumours of the connective tissue
- Bmalignant tumours of the skin or mucous membrane
- Cmalignant tumours of the colon
- Dbenign tumours of the connective tissue
Correct answer
B. malignant tumours of the skin or mucous membrane
Step-by-step solution
Carcinoma refers to a malignant neoplasm of epithelial origin or cancer of the internal or external lining of the body. Carcinomas, malignancies of epithelial tissue, account for 80 to 90 percent of all cancer cases. Related Theory Carcinomas originate in the skin, lungs, breasts, pancreas, and other organs and glands. Lymphomas are cancers of lymphocytes. Leukaemia is cancer of the blood. It does not usually form solid tumours.