Chapter 4: Integumentary System Flashcards
Bi/o
Life
aut/o
self
Coni/o
Dust
Crypt/o
Hidden
Heter/o
Other
Myc/o
Fungus
Necr/o
Death (cells, body)
Pachy/o
Thick
Rhytid/o
Wrinkles
Staphyl/o
Grapelike clusters
Strept/o
Twisted chains
Xer/o
Dry
Cutane/o
Skin
Derm/o
Skin
Dermat/o
Skin
Hidr/o
Sweat
Kerat/o
Horny tissue, hard
Onych/o
Nail
Ungu/o
Nail
Seb/o
Sebum (oil)
Trich/o
Hair
Epi-
On, upon, over
Intra-
Within
Para-
Beside, beyond, around, abnormal
Per-
Through
Sub-
Under, below
Trans-
Through, across, beyond
-a
Noun suffix, no meaning
-coccus (pl. -cocci)
Berry-shaped (form of bacterium)
-ectomy
Excision or surgical removal
-ia
Disease or abnormal state, condition of
-itis
Inflammation
-malacia
Softening
-opsy
View of, viewing
-phagia
Eating or swallowing
-plasty
Surgical repair
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
-tome
Instrument used to cut
Dermatitis
Inflammation of the skin
Dermatoconiosis
Abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust
Dermatofibroma
Fibrous tumor of the skin
Hidradenitis
Inflammation of a sweat gland
Leiodermia
Condition of smooth skin
Leukoderma
White skin (White patches caused by depigmentation)
Onychocryptosis
Abnormal condition of ahead and nail (also called ingrown nail)
Onychmalacia
Softening of the nails
Onychomycosis
Abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails.
Onychophagia
Eating the nails (Nail Biting).
Pachyderma
Thickening of the skin.
Paronychia
Diseased state around the nail.
Seborrhea
Discharge of sebum (excessive).
Trichomycosis
Abnormal condition of the fungus in the hair.
Xeroderma
Dry skin (A mild form of cutaneous disorder characterized by keratinization and noninflammatory scaling).
Biopsy (bx)
View of life (removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope)
Dermatoautoplasty
Surgical repair using one’s own skin (skin graft… also called autograft)
Dermatoheteroplasty
Surgical repair using skin from others. (skin graft…also called allograft)
Dermatome
Instrument used to cut skin (in thin slices for skin grafts)
Dermatoplasty
Surgical repair of the skin.
Onychectomy
Excision of a nail
Rhytidectomy
Excision of wrinkles (also call facelift).
Rhytidoplasty
Surgical repair of wrinkles.
Dermatologist
A physician who studies and treat skin (diseases).
Dermatology (derm)
Study of the skin (a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases)
Epidermal
Pertaining to upon the skin.
Erythroderma
Red skin (abnormal redness of the Skin).
Hypodermic
Pertaining to under the skin.
Intradermal (ID)
Pretending to within the skin.
Keratogenic
Originating in horny tissue.
Necrosis
Abnormal condition of death (cells and tissue die because of disease)
Percutaneous
Pertaining to through the skin.
Staphylococcus
Very shaped bacterium in great like clusters these bacteria cause many skin diseases.
Streptococcus (pl. streptococci)
Berry shaped bacterium in twisted chains.
Subcutaneous (subcut)
Pertaining to under the skin.
Transdermal (TD)
Pertaining to through the skin.
Ungual
Pertaining to the nail.
Xanthodermal
Yellow skin (also call jaundice).
