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Chapter 16 Flashcards

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Albino

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Person with skin deficient in pigment (melanin).

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Basal layer

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Deepest region of the epidermis, it gives rise to all the epidermal cells.

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Cuticle

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Band of epidermis at the base and sides of the nail plate.

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Integumentary system

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The skin and accessory structure such as hair and nails.

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Keratin

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Hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair and nails. keratin means horn and commonly found in the horns of animals.

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Lunula

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The half-moon-shaped, whitish area at the base of the nail.

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Melanin

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Skin pigment.

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Paronychium

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Soft tissue surrounding the nail border.

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Sebaceous gland

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Oil-secreting gland in the dermis that is associated with hair follicles.

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Sebum

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Oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands.

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Stratum corneum

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Outermost layer of the epidermis, which consists of flattened keratinized cells.

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Albin/o

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White

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Caus/o

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Burn, burning

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Cauter/o

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Heat,burn

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Cutane/o

Derm/o

Dermat/o

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Skin

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Diaphor/o

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Profuse sweating

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Erythem/o

Erythemat/o

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Redness

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Ichthy/o *

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Dry, scaly (fish-like)

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Kerat/o

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Hard

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Leuk/o

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White

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Lip/o

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Fat

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Melan/o

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Black

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-plakia *

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Plaques

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Onych/o *

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Phyt/o

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Pil/o

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Hair, hair follicle

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Py/o

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Rhytid/o *

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Seb/o

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Sebum (oily secretion)

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Squam/o *

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Scale-like

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Steat/o

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Trich/o

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Ungu/o

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Xanth/o

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Xer/o

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-elasma *

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A flat plate

40
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Collection of dried serum and cellular debris is….

41
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Thick-walled, closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semisolid material is called…

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Wearing away or loss of epidermis is called…

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Groove or crack-like sore is called…

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Flat, pigmented lesion measuring less than 1 cm in diameter is called…

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Solid, round or oval elevate lesion 1cm or more in diameter is called…

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Small (less than 1 cm in diameter), solid elevation of the skin is called…

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Growth extending from the surface of mucous membrane is called…

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Papule containing pus is called…

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Open sore on the skin or mucous membrane (deeper then erosion) is called….

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Small collection (papule) of clear fluid (serum); blister is called…

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Smooth, edematous (swollen) papule or plaque that is centrally redder or paler then the surrounding skin is called…

52
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Alopecia

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Absence of hair from areas where is normally grows

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Ecchymosis

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Bluish-purplish mark (bruise) in the skin.

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Petechia

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Small, pinpoint hemorrhage.

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Pruritus

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Hist/o

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Histi/o

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Cellular term of tissue

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Eczema

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Inflammatory skin disease with erythematous, papulovesicular, or papalosquamous lesions.

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Impetigo

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Bacterial inflammatory skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and crusted-over lesions.

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Psoriasis

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Chronic, recurrent dermatosis marked by itchy, scaly, red plaques covered by silvery gray scales.

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Scleroderma

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Chronic progressive disease of skin and internal organs with hardening and shrinking of connective tissue.

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Systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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Chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of collagen in skin, joints, and internal organs.

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Vitiligo

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Loss of pigment in areas of the skin (milk-white patches).

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Bx

65
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SLE

A

Systematic Lupus Erythematosus

Medical Terminology (24 decks)

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