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Albin/o

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White

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Cauter/o

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to cut

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cry/o

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cold

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cutane/o

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skin

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diaphor/o

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profuse sweating

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electr/o

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electricity

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erythr/o

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red

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hidr/o

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sweat

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ichthy/o

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dry

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kerat/o

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hard, horny

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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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myc/o

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fungus

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necr/o

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death

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onych/o

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nail

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Pedicul/o

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lice

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phot/o

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light

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py/o

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pus

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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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sarc/o

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flesh

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scler/o

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hard

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seb/o

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oil

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system/o

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system

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trich/o

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hair

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ungu/o

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nail

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vesic/o

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bladder

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xer/o

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dry

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allo-

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other, different from usual

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xeno-

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foreign

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Main purposes of skin:

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  • Protection: Keeps pathogens, chemicals out. Prevents loss of body fluids
  • Houses nerve receptors: Detects temp, pain, touch pressure
  • Secretes fluids: sweat and sebaceous glands maintain temp, and oil lubricates
  • Temp regulation: sweat cools body release heat
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Two layers of skin:
- Epidermis

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Thin, outer layer.
- composed of stratified squamous epithelium (flat scale-like
cells arranged in overlapping layers)
- no blood supply
- Depends on deeper layer for nourishment
- deepest layer is basal layer;
cells grow and multiply, new cells push old cells toward surface; cells die.
-basal also contains melanocytes, produce the black pigment melanin;
responsible color skin, protects against uv ray damage

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Two layers of skin:
- Dermis

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Called corium
- fibrous connective tissue layer; between epidermis and
subcutaneous layer;
- “true skin
- has blood supply and collagen fibers

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Hypodermis/ Subcutaneous layer

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Not really a layer of skin, but assists.
- Fat cells called lipocytes, protect deeper tissue and insulation hot/cold

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Dermatology:

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diagnosis and treatment of conditions and diseases of the integumentary system.

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Plastic surgery:

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surgical specialty involved in repair, reconstruction or improvement of body structures such as the skin that are damaged, missing or misshapen.

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Abrasion:

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scraping of skin surface

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anhidrosis

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abnormal condition of no sweat

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comedo

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collection of hard sebum in hair follicle. Blackhead

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contusion

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injury caused by a blow to the body. causes swelling pain and bruising

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Cyst

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fluid filled sac under skin

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diaphoresis

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Profuse sweating

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ecchymosis

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skin discoloration caused by blood collecting under skin after blunt trauma (bruise)

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erythema

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redness, flushing of skin

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erythroderma

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condition of having reddened or flushed skin

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eschar

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thick layer of dead tissue and tissue fluid that develops over deep burn area

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fissure

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crack-like lession

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hirsutism

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excessive hair growth over the body

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hyperemia

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redness of skin due to increased blood flow

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hyperhydrosis

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abnormal condition of excessive sweat

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hyperpigmentation

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abnormal amount of pigmentation in the skin

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ichtyoderma

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having scaly dry skin

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lesion

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general term for wound, injury

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leukoderma

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having skin that appears white because of absent skin pigment (all skin or areas)

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lipomA

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FATTY MASS

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macule

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flat, discolored area that is flush with skin surface ( freckle or birthmark)

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Necrosis

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abnormal condition of death

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Nevus

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pigmented skin blemish, birthmark or mole, may become cancerous

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nodule

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solid mass of cells in the skin larger than 0.5 cm

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onychomalacia

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softening of the nails

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pallor

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abnormal paleness of skin

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papule

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smal, solid, raised spot on skin

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petechiae

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Pinpoint red or purple spots from hemorrhages under skin

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Pruritus:

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severe itching

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purpura

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hemorrhages into skin due to weak blood vessels. more in old ppl

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pustule

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raised spot on skin with pus

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purulent

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containing pus

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scleroderma

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hardened skin

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suppurative

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containing pus

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ulcer

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open sore or lesion in skin or mucous membrane

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urticaria

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hives, skin eruption itchy

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vesicle

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blister, small fluid filled

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wheal

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small, round, swollen area on skin

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Basal cell carcinoma

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Cancerous tumor of basal cell layer of the epidermis

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celullitis

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acute infection, inflammation of the connective tissue in skin

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Decubitus ulcer

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Open sore, pressure over bony prominences
cutting off the blood flow to the overlying skin. bed patients

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Dermatosis

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indicates presence of abnormal skin condition

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dry gangrene

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Late stages of gangrene area becomes
dried, blackened, and shriveled; mummified

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Kaposi’s sarcoma

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Form of skin cancer
seen in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients.

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Laceration

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torn or jagged wound; incorrectly used to describe a cut

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malignant melanoma

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Dangerous form of
skin cancer caused by an uncontrolled growth of melanocytes

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pediculosis

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infestation with lice

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rubella

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contagious viral skin infection (german measles)

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scabies

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contagious skin disease by egg laying mite

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Cancer of the
epidermis layer of skin that may invade deeper tissue and metastasize

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strawberry hemangioma

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Congenital collection of dilated blood vessels causing a red birthmark that
fades a few months after birth.

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wet gangrene

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area of gangrene that becomes secondarily infected by pus-
producing bacteria

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trichomycosis

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hair fungus

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furuncle

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infection of hair follicle

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carbuncle

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furuncle involving many hair follicles

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onychomycosis

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nail fungus

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onychia

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infected nail bed

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paronychia

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infection of skin fold around nail

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allograft

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skin graft from one person to another

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dermatome

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instrument for cutting skin

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debridement

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removal of foreign material and dead dammaged tissue from wound

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xenograft

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skin graft from an animal to a human

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