Integumentary System Flashcards
Actinic Keratosis
a rough, scaly, pink or white growth that occurs on the surface of the skin in
areas (such as the face, neck, and back of the hands)
Albin/o
White
Albinism
The condition of an albino, an organism exhibiting deficient pigmentation
All/o
Other or different
Alopecia
Partial or complete loss of hair, wool, or feather
Aut/o
Self
Blepharoplasty
plastic surgery on an eyelid especially to remove fatty or excess tissue
Bulla
a hollow thin-walled rounded bony prominence
Carbuncle
A painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue
Cellulitis
Diffuse and especially subcutaneous inflammation of connective tissue
Chloasma
irregular brownish or blackish spots especially on the face that occur sometimes in pregnancy and in pregnancy and in disorders of or functional changes in the uterus and ovaries
Cicatrix
A scar resulting formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in a flesh wound
Comedo
A small plug of sebum blocking the duct of a sebaceous gland especially on the face
Debridement
The usually surgical removal of lacerated, devitalized, or contaminated tissue.
Dermatitis
Inflammation of the skin
