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Integumentary System Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Biopsy

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Removal of tissue from body for examination

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Cautery

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Tissue destruction by electricity

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Debridement

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Removal Of contaminated or devitalized tissue from a traumatic or infected lesion

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Dermabrasion

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Planing of the skin done by mechanical means, eg. Sandpaper or wire brushes

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Dermatome

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An instrument for cutting thin skin slices for grafting

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Electrodesiccation

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Destruction of tissue by dehydration with high- frequency electric current

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Escharotomy

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Removal of burn scar tissue

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Fulguration

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Destruction of living tissue by electric sparks

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Graft

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A tissue or organ for implantation or transplantation; a piece of skin transplanted to replace a lost portion of the skin. Pigskin may be used as a temporary graft; a new type of synthetic collagen is now being used for permanent skin grafts.

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Hyfractor

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A type of machine for destroying tissue (high-frequency eradicator)

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Carcinoma

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A malignant new growth made up of epithelial cells tending to infiltrate surrounding tissues and give rise to metastases

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Keratosis

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Any horny growth, such as a wart or callosity

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Nevus

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A mole or growth, e.g. A birthmark

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Steatoma

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Lipoma; a fatty mass retained within a sebaceous gland; sebaceous cyst

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Verruca

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A wart, caused by viruses; a plantar wart is one on the sole or plantar of the foot

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Carbuncle, furuncle

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boils, abscesses, and pustular lesions

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Impetigo

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A streptococcal or staphylococcal Skin infection marked by vesicles or bullae that become pustular, rupture, and form yellow crusts, especially around the mouth and nose

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Herpes genitalis

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Blister-type inflammatory highly contagious Skin disease of the genitals; prevalent sexually transmitted disease

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Herpes optitalmicus

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Severe herpes zoster involving the ophthalmic nerve

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Herpes simplex

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An acute viral disease, often on the borders of the lips or naves (cold sores) or on the genitals

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Herpes zoster

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Shingles

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Verruca

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A wart

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Tinea

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Ringworm

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Tinea barbea

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Ringworm infection in bearded part of face

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Tinea capitis

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Ringworm infection in scalp

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Tinea corporis

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Ringworm infection in body

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Tinea cruris

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Ringworm infection in groin “jock-itch”

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Tinea pedis

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Ringworm infection in foot “athletes foot”

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Tinea unguium

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Ringworm infection in fingernails

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Pediculosis capitis

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Lice on head

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Pediculosis corporis

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Body lice

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Pediculosis pubis

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Pubic lice, or crabs

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Scabies

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A mite, a small parasite; can burrow under the skin

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