Ch.2 Dynamic Study Module Flashcards
Which is a type of electrosurgery that uses a wire loop electrode to cut tissue?
-electrosection
-fulguration
-incision and drainage
-electrosection
All of these combining forms mean skin except…
•dermat/o-
•adip/o-
•cutane/o
•adip/o-
Dry skin is known by the medical name of…
•eczema
•keratosis
•xeroderma
•xeroderma
White hair in older people occurs because…
•melanocytes produce no melanin
•melanin changes its pigment color
•the hair follicles die
•melanocytes produce no melanin
Which is the medical word for baldness?
•alopecia
•vitiligo
•seborrhea
•alopecia
The patient required______ for the removal of necrotic tissue from his wound…
•debridement
•Mohs’ surgery
•dermabrasion
•debridement
The combining form pil/o- means…
•sebum
•hair
•sweat
•hair
PUVA is used to treat__
•acne rosacea
•acne vulgaris
•psoriasis
•psoriasis
The integumentary system covers the entire surface of the body and consists of the skin, hair, and___
•nails
•ears
•eyes
•nails
A patient was recently in contact with poison ivy. He is now experiencing severe itching. Another word for itching is___
•pruritus
•rash
•xeroderma
•pruritus
Cells from plants and animals can act as____ to sensitive individuals.
•dermatomes
•adipocere
•allergens
•allergens
___is the medical name for the fat in the subcutaneous tissue.
•Lunula
•Lipocytes
•Adipose
•Adipose
The combining form that refers to feeling or sensation is__
•esthes/o-
•sensitiv/o-
•cutane/o-
•esthes/o-
Which is a fast-growing skin cancer of the epidermis that can metastasize to other parts of the body?
•basal cell carcinoma
•squamous cell carcinoma
•malignant melanoma
•malignant melanoma
Which two combining forms mean nail?
•ungu/o- and onych/o-
•pil/o- and trich/o-
•lip/o- and adip/o-
•ungu/o- and onych/o-
Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means dry skin?
•-osis, cyan/o-
•-itis, dermat/o-
•-derma, xer/o-
•-derma, xer/o-
Sweat glands are also known as__ glands.
•sudoriferous
•sebaceous
•adipose
•sudoriferous
The medical word for jock itch is tinea__
•pedis
•corporis
•cruris
•cruris
Corticosteroids are used to treat
•psoriasis
•lice infestations
•skin inflammation
•skin inflammation
Which is a congenital abnormality in which there are extra fingers or toes?
•polydactyly
•senile lentigo
•syndactyly
•polydactyly
When Jeremy Smith was in the shower, the hot water ran out. The cold water caused the hairs on his skin to stand up. This body response to cold is known as
•piloerection
•exfoliation
•perspiration
•piloerection
The suffix -dactyly means_
•process of reshaping by surgery
•abnormal condition of the skin
•condition of fingers or toes
•condition of fingers or toes
The physician ordered a Tzanck test to aid in making the diagnosis of__
•squamous cell carcinoma
•pediculosis
•shingles
•shingles
The abbreviation SLE stands for
•skin lesion enlargement
•severe lupus erythematosus
•systemic lupus erythematosus
•systemic lupus erythematosus
A medical procedure that involves using a curet to scrape off the superficial part of a skin lesion is
•curettage
•cryosurgery
•debridement
•curettage
The epidermis contains melanoeytes, pigment cells that produce
Melanin
Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means abnormal condition of nail fungus?
•-ion, rhytid/o-, aut/o-
•-plasty, dermat/o-, ne/o-
•-osis, onych/o-, myc/o-
•-osis, onych/o-, myc/o-
The combining form theli/o- means
•skin cell
•leaf
•cellular layer
•cellular layer
The combining form albin/o- means
•color
•white
•absent
•white
