Chapter 12: The Intergumentary system

Question 1

leuk/o

Answer 1

white

Question 2

albin/o

Answer 2

white

Question 3

bi/o

Answer 3

pertaining to life

Question 4

-opsy

Answer 4

view of life

Question 5

derm/o

Answer 5

skin

Question 6

dermat/o

Answer 6

skin

Question 7

cutane

Answer 7

skin

Question 8

hidr/o

Answer 8

sweat

Question 9

kerat/o

protein

Answer 9

hard
horny
cornea of the eye

Question 10

adip/o

Answer 10

fat

fatty tissue

Question 11

lip/o

Answer 11

fat

Question 12

melan/o

Answer 12

black

Question 13

myc/o

Answer 13

fungus

Question 14

onych/o
(unguis)

sounds like: “on-i-ko”

Answer 14

nail

-either finger or toe

Question 15

pedicul/o

Answer 15

lice

Question 16

pil/o

Answer 16

hair

Question 17

pil/i

Answer 17

hair

Question 18

rhytid/o

sounds like: ritted

Answer 18

wrinkle

Question 19

blephar/o

Answer 19

eye lid

Question 20

seb/o

Answer 20

sebum

Question 21

xer/o

sounds like “zero”

Answer 21

dry

Question 22

urtic/o

Answer 22

rash

Question 23

-aria

Answer 23

connected with

Question 24

-ous

Answer 24

pertaining to

Question 25

-phagia

sounds like: fay-gee-ah”

Answer 25

to eat or swallow

Question 26

hirsut/o

Answer 26

hairy

Question 27

py/o

Answer 27

pus

Question 28

-ia

Answer 28

abnormal condition

Question 29

-osis

Answer 29

abnormal condition

Question 30

-ism

Answer 30

abnormal condition

Question 31

an-

Answer 31

without

Question 32

a-

Answer 32

without

Question 33

subcutaneous

Answer 33

below skin

Question 34

acute

Answer 34

fast approching

Question 35

chrom

Answer 35

color

Question 36

angi

Answer 36

blood vessel

Question 37

hem/o

Answer 37

blood

Question 38

scler/o

Answer 38

hardening

Question 39

prognosis

Answer 39

predicting the outcome of a disease

Question 40

diagnosis

Answer 40

identifying nature and cause with patient

“what’s wrong”

Question 41

albin/ism

Answer 41

inherited deficiency/absence of pigment in skin, hair and eyes

Question 42

alopec/ia

Answer 42

partial/complete loss of hair

Question 43

alopec

Answer 43

baldness

Question 44

an/hidr/osis

Answer 44

lacking/being without sweat

Question 45

bi/opsy

Answer 45

small piece of living tissue removed to confirm diagnosis

Question 46

blepharo/plasty

Answer 46

surgical repair/reduction of eye lids

AKA: Lid lift

Question 47

cauterization

Answer 47

destruction of tissue by burning

Question 48

cellulite

Answer 48

non technical term for: subcutaneous deposits of fat (especially in the thighs and buttocks)

Question 49

contusion

Answer 49

injury to underlying tissue; doesn’t break skin

AKA: bruise

Question 50

dermat/itis

Answer 50

inflammation of the upper layers of skin

Question 51

dermat/o/myc/osis

Answer 51

fungal infection of the skin

tinea versicolor

Question 52

dermat/o/plasty

Answer 52

skin graft

-surgical repair of skin using tissue taken from donor site on patient’s body

Question 53

-plasty

Answer 53

surgical repair

Question 54

dermatologist

Answer 54

skin specialist

Question 55

dys/chrom/ia

Answer 55

disorder of pigmentation of skin or hair

Question 56

ecchymosis

Answer 56

bruise

-purplish area due to hemorrhaging under the skin

Question 57

ecchym

Answer 57

pouring out of juice

Question 58

erythem/a

Answer 58

redness of skin

due to nervous blush, inflammation, sunburn, etc

Question 59

follicul/itis

Answer 59

inflammation of hair follicle

Question 60

hem/angi/oma

Answer 60

benign tumor of newly formed blood vessels

AKA: birth marks

Question 61

hemat/oma

Answer 61

swelling of clotted blood trapped in the tissues (caused by injury)

Question 62

hirsut/ism

Answer 62

excessive abnormal pattern of hairiness in a woman

Question 63

hirsut

Answer 63

hairy

Question 64

hyper/hidr/osis

Answer 64

condition of excessive sweating

Question 65

kerat/osis

Answer 65

wart or callus

-abnormal thickening of skin

Question 66

koil/onych/ia

Answer 66

spoon nail

-outer surface is concave and could mean iron deficiency; anemia

Question 67

koil

Answer 67

concave

Question 68

lipectomy

Answer 68

surgical removal of fat

Question 69

lip/oma

Answer 69

benign fatty deposit under skin causing a bump (tumor)

Question 70

necrotizing fasciitis

Answer 70

sever infection caused by strep
flesh-eating bacteria
can be fatal

Question 71

onych/ia

Answer 71

inflammation of the nail

Question 72

onych/itis

Answer 72

inflammation of the nail

Question 73

onycho/myc/osis

Answer 73

fungal infection of the toe or finger nail

Question 74

onycho/crypt/osis

Answer 74

ingrown toenail

Question 75

crypt

Answer 75

hidden

Question 76

onycho/phagia

Answer 76

biting or swallowing of the nails

Question 77

-phagia

Answer 77

eat or swallow

Question 78

pedicul/osis

Answer 78

infestation of lice

Question 79

pyo/derma

Answer 79

acute pus forming bacterial skin infection

Question 80

prurit/us

Answer 80

itching due to most kinds of dermititis

Question 81

psoriasis

sounds like: so-rye-o-sis

Answer 81

autoimmune disorder of skin

-red pa pules covered with silvery scales

Question 82

rhytid/ectomy

Answer 82

surgical removal of wrinkles

Question 83

scler/o/derma

Answer 83

autoimmune disease with abnormal tissue thickening; starts with hands, feet or face

Question 84

urtic/aria

Answer 84

hives or rash due to allergic reaction

Question 85

aria

Answer 85

connected with

Question 86

xero/derma

Answer 86

excessively dry skin