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Ch 3 Integumentary System pt 1 Flashcards

1
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adip(o) lip(o) steat(o)

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fat

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cutane(o) derm(o) dermat(o)

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skin

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pil(o) trich(o)

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hair

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hidr(o)

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sweat

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squam(o)

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scale

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onych(o) ungu(o)

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nail

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seb(o) sebace(o)

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oil

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crypt(o)

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hiddn

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kerat(o)

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hard/horny

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xer(o)

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dry

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xanth(o)

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yellow

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erythr(o)

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red

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leuko(o) alb(o)

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white

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melan(o)

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blackb

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15
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abrasion

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scraping away of skin

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albinism

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lack of pigmentation in skin causing Pt to look white

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alopecia

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baldness

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anhidrosis

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lack of sweating

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comedo

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hair follicle plugged w sebum (white head, black head)

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cyanhidrosis

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blue sweat

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21
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depigmentation

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loss of pigmentation

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dermatalgia

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skin pain

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dermatolysis

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loose skin

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erythema

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redness

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erythdroderma

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red skin

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hermathidrosis or hermatidrosis

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sweating blood

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hidropoiesis

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formation of sweat

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hyperhidrosis

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excessive sweating

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hyperkerotosis

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excessive growth of horny skin

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hypermelanosis

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excessive melanin in skin

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hyperpigmentation

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excessive pigmentation in skin

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hypohidrosis

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diminished sweating

33
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hypomelanosis

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diminished melanin in skin

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hypopigmentation

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diminished pigment in skin

35
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leukoderma

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white skin

36
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macerate

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to soften the skin

37
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onychophagia

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eating or biting nails

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pruritus

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rhytidermia

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wrinkled skin

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sebopoiesis

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formation of oil

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seborrhea

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discharge of oil

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trichomegaly

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abnormally thick hair

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urticaria

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swollen itchy areas of skin

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xeroderma

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xanthoderma

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yellow skin

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xerosis

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condition of dryness

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macule/macula

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small flat discolored area (freckle)

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patch

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larger, flat discolored area (vitiligo)

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papule

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small solid mass

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plaque

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solid mass under the surface of the skin

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tumor

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a larger solid mass

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nodule

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solid mass that extends deeper into the skin

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vesicle

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small blister

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bulla

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latin for “bubble” large pus filled blister

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pustule

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pus filled blister

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abscess

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localized collection of pus in the body

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erosion

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loss of skin

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ulcer

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excoriation

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fissure

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crack under the skin

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scale

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skin flaking off

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crust

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dried substance on the skin

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vascular lesion

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wounds related to blood vessels

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cherry angioma

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small blood vessel tumor

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telangiectasia

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overexpansion of a blood vessel

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petechia

A

small bruise

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ecchymosis

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a larger bruise

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keloid

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overgrowth of scar tissue

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epidermal tumor

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tumors on the skin

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nevus

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dysplastic nevus

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mole w bad changes/formations (often precancerous)

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verruca

73
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culture and sensitivity

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growing microorganisms in insolation to determine which drugs they may respond to

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biopsy

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removal of tissue in order to examine it

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excisional biopsy

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removal of entire lesion for examination

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incisional biopsy

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removal of portion of a lesion for examination

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dermatoscope

A

instrument used to look at skin

78
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dermatoscopy

A

procedure for looking at skin

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