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Chapter 4: Integumentary System Flashcards

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Bi/o

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Life

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aut/o

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self

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Coni/o

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Dust

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

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Heter/o

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Other

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Necr/o

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Death (cells, body)

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Pachy/o

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Thick

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Rhytid/o

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Wrinkles

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Staphyl/o

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Grapelike clusters

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Strept/o

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Twisted chains

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Derm/o

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Skin

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Kerat/o

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Horny tissue, hard

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Onych/o

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Nail

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Ungu/o

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Nail

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Seb/o

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Sebum (oil)

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Epi-

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On, upon, over

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Intra-

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Within

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Para-

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Beside, beyond, around, abnormal

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Per-

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Through

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Sub-

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Under, below

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Trans-

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Through, across, beyond

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-a

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Noun suffix, no meaning

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-coccus (pl. -cocci)

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Berry-shaped (form of bacterium)

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-ectomy

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Excision or surgical removal

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-ia

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Disease or abnormal state, condition of

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-malacia

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Softening

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-opsy

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View of, viewing

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-phagia

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Eating or swallowing

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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-tome

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Instrument used to cut

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Dermatitis

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Inflammation of the skin

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Dermatoconiosis

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Abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust

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Dermatofibroma

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Fibrous tumor of the skin

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Hidradenitis

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Inflammation of a sweat gland

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Leiodermia

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Condition of smooth skin

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Leukoderma

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White skin (White patches caused by depigmentation)

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Onychocryptosis

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Abnormal condition of ahead and nail (also called ingrown nail)

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Onychmalacia

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Softening of the nails

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Onychomycosis

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Abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails.

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Onychophagia

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Eating the nails (Nail Biting).

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Pachyderma

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Thickening of the skin.

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Paronychia

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Diseased state around the nail.

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Seborrhea

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Discharge of sebum (excessive).

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Trichomycosis

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Abnormal condition of the fungus in the hair.

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Xeroderma

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Dry skin (A mild form of cutaneous disorder characterized by keratinization and noninflammatory scaling).

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Biopsy (bx)

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View of life (removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope)

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Dermatoautoplasty

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Surgical repair using one’s own skin (skin graft… also called autograft)

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Dermatoheteroplasty

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Surgical repair using skin from others. (skin graft…also called allograft)

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Dermatome

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Instrument used to cut skin (in thin slices for skin grafts)

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Dermatoplasty

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Surgical repair of the skin.

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Onychectomy

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Excision of a nail

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Rhytidectomy

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Excision of wrinkles (also call facelift).

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Rhytidoplasty

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Surgical repair of wrinkles.

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Dermatologist

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A physician who studies and treat skin (diseases).

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Dermatology (derm)

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Study of the skin (a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases)

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Epidermal

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Pertaining to upon the skin.

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Erythroderma

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Red skin (abnormal redness of the Skin).

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Hypodermic

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Pertaining to under the skin.

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Intradermal (ID)

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Pretending to within the skin.

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Keratogenic

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Originating in horny tissue.

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Necrosis

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Abnormal condition of death (cells and tissue die because of disease)

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Percutaneous

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Pertaining to through the skin.

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Staphylococcus

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Very shaped bacterium in great like clusters these bacteria cause many skin diseases.

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Streptococcus (pl. streptococci)

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Berry shaped bacterium in twisted chains.

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Subcutaneous (subcut)

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Pertaining to under the skin.

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Transdermal (TD)

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Pertaining to through the skin.

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Ungual

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Pertaining to the nail.

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Xanthodermal

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Yellow skin (also call jaundice).

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