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Chapter 3- Integumentary System Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Adip/o

A

Fat.

Adipocele- hernia containing fat or fatty tissue.

(-cele : hernia, swelling)

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Lip/o

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Fat.

Lipocyte- Fat cell

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Steat/o

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Fat.

Steatitis: inflammation of fatty tissue

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Cutane/o-
Dermat/o
Derm/o

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Skin.

Cutaneous- pertaining to the skin
Dermatologist- physician specializing in treating skin disorders
Hypodermic- under or inserted under the skin, as in hypodermic injection.

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Hidr/o

Sudor/o

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Sweat.

Hidradenitis- inflammation of sweat gland

Sudoresis- condition of profuse sweating; also called diaphoresis and hyperhidrosis.

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Ichthy/o

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Dry, scaly.

Ichthyosis- any of several dermatologic conditions characterized by no inflammatory dryness and scaling of the skin, commonly associated with other abnormalities of lipid metabolism.

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Kerat/o

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Horny tissue; hard; cornea

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8
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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Necr/o

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Death, necrosis

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Onych/o

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Nail

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Pil/o, trich/o

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Hair

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Scler/o

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Hardening; sclera (white of the eye)

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Squam/o

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Scale

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Erythr/o, erythemat/o

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Red

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Leuk/o

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White

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Melan/o

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Black

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

20
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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

21
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-tome

A

Instrument to cut

22
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-cele

A

Hernia, swelling

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-cyte

A

Cell

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-derma

A

Skin

25
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-emia

A

Blood condition

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-esis

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Condition

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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-logist

A

Specialist in the study of

29
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-oma

A

Tumor

30
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-osis

A

Abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

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-pathy

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Disease

32
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-penia

A

Decrease, deficiency

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-phagia

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Swallowing, eating.

34
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-phoresis

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Carrying, transmission

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-rrhea

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Discharge, flow

36
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-logy

A

Study of

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-malacia

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Softening

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-therapy

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Treatment

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Auto-

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Self, own

40
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Epi-

A

Above, on

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Hypo-

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Under, below, deficient.

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Sub-

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Under, below

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