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Chapter 3- Integumentary Flashcards

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Derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o

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Skin

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Adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

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Fat

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Kerat/o

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Hard

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Onych/o

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Nail

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Plas/o

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Formation

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Seb/o

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Sebum

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Squam/o

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Scale

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Alopecia

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Badness

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Erythema

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Redness of skin

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Pruritus

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Severe itching

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Skin pigmentation

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Skin color resulting from the presence of melanin

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Depigmentation

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Loss of melanin pigment in the skin

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Hypo pigmentation

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Areas of skin lacking color

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Hyper pigmentation

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Darkened areas of the skin

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Suppuration

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Production of pus

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Xeroderma

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Dry skin

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Dermatitis

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Inflammation of the skin

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Dermatosis

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Any disorder of the skin

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Eczema

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To boil out

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Furuncle

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Boil

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Carbuncle

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A skin infection consisting of clusters of furuncles

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Gangrene

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An eating sore

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Malignant cutaneous neoplasm

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Skin cancer

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Biopsy

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Removal of a small piece of tissue for examination

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Chemosurgery

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Removal of tissue after it has been destroyed by chemical means

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Debridement

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Removal of dead tissue from a wound

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Curettage

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Cleaning

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Incision and drainage

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Incision and drainage of an infected skin lesion

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Skin grafting

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Transfer of skin from one body site to another

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Autograft

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Graft transfer to a new position of the body of the same person

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Heterografts

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Graft transfer between different species

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Homografts

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Donor transfer between persons of the same species

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Antipruritic

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A drug that relieves itching

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Antiseptic

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An agent that inhibits the growth of infections

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