Chapter 3-Integumentary System Flashcards

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integumentary system

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the skin

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epidermis

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visible outermost layer, made of large cells that look like scales of a fish under a microscope (squamous cells)

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dermis

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under the epidermis, is much thicker and has fewer cells and more cell fibers to give the skin strength and flexibility. it is also home to hair follicles, nerves, and glands.

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fat

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adip/o, lip/o, steat/o

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skin

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cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o

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hair

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pli/o, trich/o

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sweat

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hidr/o

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scale

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squam/o

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nail

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onych/o, ungu/o

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oil

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seb/o, sebace/o

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hidden

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crypt/o

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scaly

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ichthy/o

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hard, horny

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kerat/o

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thick

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pachy/o

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dry

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xer/o

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wrinkle

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rhytid/o

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red

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erythr/o

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yellow

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xanth/o

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white

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leuk/o, alb/o

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black

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melan/o

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abrasion

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ab / rasion
away / scrape
scraping away of the skin

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albinism

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albin / ism
white / condition
lack of pigment in skin causing patient to look white

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albino

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albino

a person afflicted with albinism

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alopecia

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bladness

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anhidrosis
an / hidr / osis no / sweat / condition lack of sweating
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comedo
a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (black head, white head)
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cyanidrosis
cyan / idr / osis blue / sweat / condition blue sweat
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depigmentation
de / pigment / ation away / pigment / condition loss of pigmentation
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dermatalgia
dermat / algia skin / pain skin pain
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dermatodynia
dermato / dynia skin / pain skin pain
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dermatolysis
dermato / lysis skin / loose loose skin
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erythema
redness
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erythroderma
erythro / derma red / skin red skin
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hemathidrosis
hemat / hidr / osis blood / sweat / condition sweating blood
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hidropoiesis
hidro / poiesis sweat / formation the formation of sweat
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hyperhidrosis
hyper / hidr / osis over / sweat / condition excessive sweating
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hyperkerotosis
hyper / kerat / osis over / horny / condition excessive growth of horny skin
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hypermelanosis
hyper / melan / osis over / black / condition excessive melanin in the skin
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hyperpigmentation
hyper / pigment / ation over / pigment / condition excessive pigment in the skin
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hypohidrosis
hypo / hidr / osis under / sweat / condition diminished sweating
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hypomelanosis
hypo / melan / osis under / black / condition diminished melanin in the skin
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hypopigmentation
hypo / pigment / ation under / pigment / condition diminished pigment in the skin
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leukoderma
leuko / derma white / skin white skin
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macerate
to soften the skin
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onychophagia
onycho / phag / ia nail / eat / condition eating or biting the nails
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pruritus
an itch
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rhytidermia
rhyti / dermia wrinkle / skin wrinkled skin
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sebopoiesis
sebo / poiesis oil / formation formation of oil (sebum)
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seborrhea
sebo / rrhea oil / discharge discharge of oil (sebum)
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trichomegaly
tricho / megaly hair / enlargement abnormally thick hair
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urticaria
swollen raised itchy areas of the skin
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xanthoderma
xantho / derma yellow / skin yellow skin
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xeroderma
xero / derma dry / skin dry skin
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xerosis
xer / osis dry / condition condition of dryness
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macule, macula (freckle)
small, flat discolored area
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patch (vitiligo)
larger, flat discolored area
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papule
small solid mass
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plaque
solid mass on the surface of the skin
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nodule
a solid mass that extends deeper into the skin
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tumor
a larger solid mass
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vesicle
ves / icle bladder / little small blister
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bulla
large blister
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pustule
a pus-filled blister
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abscess
ab / scess away / go localized collection of pus in the body
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erosion
e / rosion away / gnaw or eat loss of skin
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ulcer
a sore
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excoriation
ex / cori / ation out / skin / condition a scratch
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fissure
a crack in the skin
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scale
skin flaking off
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crust
a dried substance (blood, pus) on the skin
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vascular lesion
vascular / lesion blood vessel / wound wounds related to blood vessels
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cherry angioma
angi / oma blood vessel / tumor a small blood vessel tumor
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telangiectasia (spider angioma)
tel / angi / ectasia end / blood vessel / expansion the overexpansion of the end of a blood vessel
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petechia
small bruise
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ecchymosis
larger bruise
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cicatrix (plural: cicatrices)
scar
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keloid
kel / oid tumor / resembling overgrowth of scar tissue
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epidermal tumors
epi / derm / al / tumor upon / skin / pertaining to / tumor tumors on the skin
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nevus
mole
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dysplastic nevus
dys / plastic / nevus bad / formation / mole a mole with bad changes or formations ( often precancerous)
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verucca
wart
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culture and sensitivity (C & S)
growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs it might respond to
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biopsy (Bx)
bi / ops / y two / eye / procedure removal of tissue in order to examine it (with your own two eyes)
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excisional biopsy
ex / cision / al out / cut / pertaining to removal of an entire lesion for examination (to cut it out)
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incisional bipopsy
in / cision / al in / cut / pertaining to removal of a portion of a lesion for examination (to cut into it)
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dermatoscope
dermato / scope skin / instrument to look instrument used to look at the skin
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dermoscopy
dermo / scop / y skin / look / procedure procedure for looking at the skin
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adipocele
adipo / cele fat / tumor or hernia a hernia filled with fatty tissue
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dermatofibroma
dermato / fibr / oma skin / fiber / tumor a fibrous skin tumor
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erythrocyanosis
erytho / cyan / osis red / blue / condition a red and or blue discoloration of the skin
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keratogenic
kerato / gen / ic horny / creation / pertaining to causing horny tissue development
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keratosis
kerat / osis horny / condition horny tissue condition
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necrosis
necr / osis death / condition tissue death
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onychia
onych / ia nail / condition a nail condition
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onychocryptosis
onycho / crypt / osis nail / hidden / condition an ingrown toenail
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onycholysis
onycho / lysis nail / loose loss of a nail
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onychomalacia
onycho / malac / ia nail / softness / condition abnormal softening of the nails
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onychopathy
onycho / pathy nail / disease nail disease
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onychophagia
onchyo / phag / ia nail / eat / condition eating (biting) the nail
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pachyderma
pachy / derma thick / skin tough skin
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paronychia
par / onych / ia around / nail / condition a condition of the tissue around a nial
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steatoma
steat / oma fat / tumor fatty tumor
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xanthoma
xanth / oma yellow / tumor a yellow tumor
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decubitus ulcer
de / cubitus / ulcer down / lie / sore bed sore
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dermatosis
dermat / osis skin / condition skin condition
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dermopathy
dermo / pathy skin / disease skin disease
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eczema
a red itchy rash that may weep or ooze, then become crusted and scaly
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atopic dermatitis
a / top / ic / dermat /itis not / place / pertaining to / skin / inflammation unusual inflammation of the skin
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hypertrichosis
hyper / trich / osis over / hair / condition excessive growth of hair
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ichthyosis
ichthy / osis fish scale / condition condition in the skin is dry and scaly resembling fish scales
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postpartum alopecia
post / partum alopecia after / birth baldness baldness experienced by women after a pregnancy
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sclerdermatitis
sclero / dermat / itis hard / skin / inflammation inflammation of the skin accompanied by thickening and hardening
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scleronychia
scler / onych / ia hard / nail / condition thickening and hardening of the nails
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xanthosis
xanth / osis yellow condition yellowing of the skin
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actinic keratosis
actin / ic / kerat / osis sun ray / pertaining to / horny / condition horny skin condition caused by sun exposure
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basal cell carcinoma
basal cell carcin / oma basal cell cancer / tumor cancer tumor or the basal skin cells
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hidradenoma
hidr / aden / oma sweat / gland / tumor tumor of the sweat gland
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malignant cutaneous neoplasm
malignant cutane / ous / neo / plasm harmful skin / pertaining to / new / formation a harmful new formation of skin tissue (skin cancer)
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malignant melanoma
malignant melan / oma bad / black / tumor harmful tumor of the melanin cells
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squamous cell carcinoma
squam / ous cell / carcin / oma scale / pertaining to / cell / cancer / tumor cancerous tumor of the squamous skin cells
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acne vulgaris
acne vulgaris acne common inflammation fo the skin follicles
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dermatomycosis
dermato / myc / osis skin / fungus / condition fungal skin condition
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hidradenitis
hidr / aden / itis sweat / gland / inflammation inflammation of the sweat glands
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impetigo
highly contagious bacterial infection
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mycodermatitis
myco / dermat / itis fungus / skin / inflammation inflammation of the skin caused by a fungus
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mycosis
myc / osis fungus / condition a fungal condition
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onychodystrophy
onycho / dys / troph / y nail / bad / nourishment / condition poor nourishment (and development) of the nail
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onychomycosis
onycho / myc / osis nail / fungus / condition fungal condition of the nail
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trichomycosis
tricho / myc / osis hair / fungus / condition a fungal condition of the hair
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actinic dermatitis
actin / ic / dermat / itis sun ray / pertaining to / skin / inflammation inflammation of the skin caused by sun exposure
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dermatitis
dermat / itis skin / inflammation inflammation of the skin
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dermatoconiosis
dermato / coni / osis skin / dust / condition a skin condition caused by dirt
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seborrheic dermatitis
sebo / rrhe / ic / dermat / itis oil / discharge/ pertaining to / skin / inflammation inflammation of the skin caused by the discharge of oil (sebum)
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steatitis
steat / itis fat / inflammation inflammation of the fat tissue