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
