Integumentary System Flashcards
cutaneous
pertaining to the skin
lesion
wound, injury
systemic
pertaining tot the whole body or system
therapeutic
treating, curing a disorder/disease
epidermis
outer layer of the skin
dermis
inner layer of the skin
pil/o or trich/o
hair
sudor/o or hidr/o
sweat gland pore
seb/o
sebum
onych/o
nail
apid/o , lip/o
fat
ichthy/o , xer/o
dry
abrasion
scraping or rubbing away of a surface
abscess/furuncle/carbuncle
collection of pus at the site of infection
acne
inflammatory disease of sebaceous follicles of the skin
alopecia
absence or loss of hair
1st-degree burn
mild burn affecting the epidermis
(redness and pain, no blistering or scarring)
2nd-degree burn
redness, blistering, pain with minimal scarring
3rd-degree burn
damage to the outer and inner layer of skin, black charred skin
cyan/o
blue
erythem/o, erythemat/o, erythr/o
red
kerat/o
hard, horny tissue, cornea
melan/o
black
myc/o
fungus
scler/o
white of eye
squam/o
scale
-oma
tumor
phoresis
carrying, transmission
auto-
yourself, own