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Polyp
* Many polyps develop slowly and are benign for long periods of time
  - grow in the intestine
* Most polyps are asymptomatic
  - small, benign growths that eventually stop growing
* Most polyps cause no symptoms and take five to seven years to change to cancer
  - extend themselves furthest when they feed on plankton at night
  - grow very slowly
  - have no symptoms at all
  - live in large colonies
  - reproduce asexually by cloning themselves
* Some polyp has tentacles.
* Some polyps are benign, with no potential for developing into cancer
  - partly glandular and partly villous
  - can be cancerous
  - simply shake off sand by rising up in their little cups
  - tend in time to develop a malignant clone of cells
* adhere to the substratum and extend their tentacles, waiting for prey.
* are a risk factor for cancer of the bowel
  - abnormal growth which occur on the inner lining of the colon
* are abnormal growths of tissue, which vary in size from a tiny dot to several inches
  - that develop within the colon and rectum
* are abnormal, mushroom-like growths that form on the inside of the digestive tract
  - active at night
  - approximately cylindrical in shape and elongated at the axis of the vase -shaped body
  - areas that grow a little too much
  - asymptomatic and are best detected through regular, routine screenings
* are benign fleshy growths usually found on only one of the vocal folds
  - growths in the colon
* are benign growths on the inner wall of the colon and rectum
  - vocal cords
  - or noncancerous growths that grow on the inside lining of the colon
* are benign tumors in the colon that can develop into cancer
  - that grow from the wall of the colon or rectum
  - common teardrop-shaped growths that form around the openings to the sinus cavities
  - cylindrical and medusae are circular convex, like an umbrella
  - deep ulcers that can leave mucosal islands
  - extra growths of tissue from the lining of the uterus
  - fragile, and when bumped, tend to bleed easily
  - frequently asymptomatic and are only found on examination
  - generally short and concentrated at the ends of the branches
  - growths in the lining of the uterus that are very common, and usually benign
  - inflammatory growths, generally related to sinusitis
  - just fleshy growths that can be removed, but they can block passages
  - merely growths of tissue arising from the inner lining of the colon or rectum
  - more common in the colon than in the small bowel
  - mushroom-shaped growths on the inner lining of the large bowel
  - noncancerous outgrowths of the wall of the colon or rectum that can become cancerous
  - often at the back of the nose, where they can be seen only with a special instrument
  - only able to build a reef with the help of single-celled zooxanthellae algae
  - painless but can bleed, causing blood to be present in the stool
  - precancerous growths in the colon and rectum
* are small abnormal growths that develop in the colon
  - growths from the inner lining of the colon
* are small growths that can become cancerous
  - occur usually on epithelial tissue
  - lumps thought to be caused by an irritation to the cervix
  - outgrowths from the lining of the intestine
* are small, non-cancerous tumors in the colon or rectum, which sometimes turn into cancer
  - tumor-like growths that can develop on the surfaces of the colon and rectum
  - the asexual phase of the life cycle and closely resemble a tiny anemone
  - tiny creatures that form a hard skeleton to protect their bodies
  - tubelike and are usually attached to a substrate
  - tubes that have the mouth and tentacles on one end and are sealed on the other
  - typically carnivorous, feeding on small particles floating in the water
* are usually large with long tentacles and in some species have been known to pulsate
  - present in association with cystic fibrosis or allergies
  - very rare in children
  - white and alternate along the branches in rows
* asexually reproduce by budding.
* begin forming as young as puberty.
* block the nose.
* can be difficult to treat successfully, and often recur unless adequate therapy is started
  - peduncular or sessile, and are usually viral in origin
* continue to form in the pouch, rectum or small intestine.
* develop as the surface cells of the lining of the colon build up.
* don t cause any symptoms until they are very large or have turned into colon cancer itself.
* exist in colonies.
* have an increased risk of becoming cancerous
  - distinct shapes
  - little mesoglea but use the water in their guts as a hydrostatic skeleton
* is coelenterates
  - diseases
* live close together in colonies
  - in huge communities, growing on top of the skeletal remains of dead polyps
* occur singly or in groups
  - throughout the gastrointestinal tract but are particularly common in the large bowel
* often bleed.
* provide the 'bricks' of the city which house thousands of other animals and plants
  - zooxanthellae with nutrients and shelter, and receive food in return
* reproduce asexually by budding
  - asexually, producing medusae that then release gametes
* start to appear in the second to third decades of life.
* take many years before they become cancerous
  - up space inside the nose and sinuses
* tend to grow back unless the underlying irritation, allergy, or infection is controlled
  - run in families
* usually develop by the second or third decade of life
  - in carious primary molars and first permanent molars
* vary considerably in size and can occur singly or in clusters.
* vary in shape, size and location