Chapter 3: Integumentary System Flashcards
What is the integumentary system?
consists of skin and its accessory organs: hair, nails, sebaceous glands, sweat glands
What word elements belong with fat? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
adip/o, lip/o, and steat/o
adipocele - hernia containing fat
lipocyte - fat cell
steatitis - inflammation of fatty tissue
What word elements belong with skin? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o
cutaneous - pertaining to skin
dermatologist - specialist in skin
hypodermic - pertaining to under the skin
What word elements belong with sweat? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
hidr/o, sudor/o
hidradenitis - inflammation of sweat gland
sudoriesis - condition of profuse sweating
What word elements belong with dry/scaly? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
ichthy/o
ichthyosis - abnormal condition of dryness and scaling of the skin
What word elements belong with horny tissue/hard, cornea? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
kerat/o
keratosis - abnormal condition of overgrowth and thickening of the skin
What word elements belong with black? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
melan/o
melanoma - malignant tumor of melanocytes that commonly begins in a darkly pigmented mole that can metastasize widely
What word elements belong with fungus? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
myc/o
dermatomycosis - fungal infection of the skin
What word elements belong with nail? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
onych/o
onychomalacia - abnormal softening of the nails
What word elements belong with hair? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
pil/o, trich/o
pilonidal - pertaining to a growth of hair in a dermoid cyst or in a sinus opening
trichopathy - any disease of the hair
What word elements belong with scale? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
squam/o
squamous - covered with scales or scalelike
What word elements belong with dry? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
xer/o
xeroderma - chronic skin condition characterized by excessive dryness
What word elements belong with hardening of sclera? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
scler/o
scleroderma - chronic disease with abnormal hardening of the skin caused by formation of new collagen
What word elements belong with sebum? Provide their full words and definitions pertaining to Word Analysis
seb/o
seborrhea - discharge or flow of sebum
What are the suffixes to know (5 of them)
derma - skin
oid - resembling skin
phoresis - carrying/transmission
plasty - surgical repair
therapy - treatment
