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Integument System Flashcards

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1
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Adip/o

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Fat

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Albin/o

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White

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Caus/o

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Burn, burning

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Cauter/o

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Heat, burn

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Cutane/o

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Skin (cutaneous)

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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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Diaphor/o

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Profuse sweating

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Erythrem/o

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Redness

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Erythemat/o

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Redness

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Ichthy/o

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Dry, scaly (fish-like)

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Kerat/o

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Hard

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Leuk/o

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White

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15
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Lip/o

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Fat

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Melan/o

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Black

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17
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Myc/o

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Fungus

18
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Onych/o

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Nail

19
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Phyt/o

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Plant

20
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Pil/o

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Hair, hair follicle

21
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Py/o

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Pus

22
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Rhytid/o

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Wrinkle

23
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Seb/o

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Sebum

24
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Squam/o

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Scale-like

25
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Steat/o

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Fat

26
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Trich/o

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Hair

27
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Ungu/o

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Nail

28
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Xanth/o

A

Yellow

29
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Xer/o

A

Dry

30
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What are the 3 layers of the skin?

A

Epidermis
Dermis
Subcutaneous

31
Q

What is the pt and bt for hair?

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Pt- pil/o

Bt- trich/o

32
Q

What is the pt and bt for nail?

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Pt- ungu/o

Bt- onych/o

33
Q

What is the pt and bt for skin?

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Pt- cutane/o

Bt- derm/o or dermat/o

34
Q

What is the pt and bt for white?

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Pt- albin/o

Bt- leuk/o

35
Q

What is bromhidrosis?

A

Foul smelling sweat

36
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What is the difference between xer/o, ichthy/o and squam/o?

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Xer/o = dry
Ichthy/o = dry and scaly (fish-like)
Squam/o = scaly
37
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What is the difference Bergen phyt/o and myc/o?

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Phyt/o = plant 
Myc/o = fungus
38
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What is the difference between albino and albinism?

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Albino = name the person 
Albinism = name of the condition
39
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What is the difference between melanin and melanocyte?

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Melanin = black pigment 
Melanocyte = black cells
40
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What does dermatophytosis mean? (Tricky)

A

Fungal infection of the skin (not plant!)

41
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What is the difference between cauter/o, caus/o and cutane/o

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Cauter/o = heat, burn 
Caus/o = burn, burning 
Cutane/o = skin
42
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What is the difference between my/o, myx/o and myc/o

A 
My/o = muscle 
Myx/o = mucus 
Myc/o = fungus

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