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Integumentary System Flashcards

contains info on: combining forms suffixes prefixes and the layers of the skin

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albin/o

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white

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angi/o

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vessel

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bas/o

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base

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bi/o

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life

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cauter/o

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to burn

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cry/o

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cold

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cortic/o

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outer layer

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cis/o

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to cut

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chem/o

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chemical

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cutane/o

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skin

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cyt/o

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cell

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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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electr/o

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electricity

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erythr/o

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red

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esthesi/o

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feeling

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hem/o

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blood

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hidr/o

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sweat

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ichthy/o

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scaly, dry

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kerat/o

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hard, horny

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leuk/o

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white

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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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myc/o

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fungus

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necr/o

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death

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onych/o

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nail

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pedicul/o

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lice

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phot/o

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light

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py/o

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pus

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rhytid/o

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wrinkle

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sarc/o

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flesh

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scler/o

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hard

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seb/o

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oil

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septic/o

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infection

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system/o

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system

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trich/o

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hair

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ungu/o

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nail

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vesic/o

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sac

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xer/o

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dry

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-al

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pertaining to

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-derma

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skin condition

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-ectomy

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surgical removal

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-emia

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blood condition

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-ia

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state, condition

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-ic

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pertaining to

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-ism

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state of

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-itis

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inflammation

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-logy

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study of

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-malacia

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abnormal softening

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-oma

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mass, tumor

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-opsy

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view of

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-osis

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abnormal condition

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-ous

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pertaining to

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-phagia

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eat, swallow

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-rrhea

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discharge

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-tic

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pertaining to

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-tome

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instrument to cut

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-ule

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small

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allo-

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other

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an-

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without

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self

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de-

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without

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epi-

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above

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hyper-

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excessive

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hypo-

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below

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intra-

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within

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para-

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beside

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sub-

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under

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xeno-

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foreign

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sweat glands (sudoriferous glands)

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assist body in maintaining internal temperature regulation

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sebaceous glands

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produces an oily substance that lubricates the skin’s surface

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sensory receptors

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detect temperature, pain, touch, and pressure

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epidermis

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superficial to the dermis and hypodermis

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epidermis upper layer

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contains a stratified squamous epithelium, which consists of scale-like cells that overlap in layers or strata

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epidermis lower layer

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contains the basal layer that pushes deads cells to the epidermis, contains melanocytes that produce melanin

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keratin

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hard protein that fills a cell when it dies and is pushed up the epidermis layer

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melanocytes

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produce melanin, which provides pigment to the skin

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dermis(corium)

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it is the true skin that contains the blood supply, and connective tissue

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dermis(corium) houses

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hair follicles
sweat glands
sebaceous glands
blood vessels
lymph vessels
sensory receptors
nerve fibers
muscle fibers

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subcutaneous layer(hypodermis)

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is the deeper layer of the skin, composed of lipocytes and provides insulation

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lipocytes

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fat cells

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accessory organs

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include:
hair
nails
sebaceous glands
sweat glands

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hair

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is composed of keratin

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hair root

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forces the older keratinized cells to move upward, forming the hair shaft

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hair folicle

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is what houses the hair shaft that is being pushed upward

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nails

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flat plate composed of keratin called the nail body. the nail body is connected to the tissue underneath b the nail bed

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lunula

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the light-colored half-moon are at the base of the nail

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cutaneous

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pertaining to skin

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dermal

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pertaining to skin

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dermic

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pertaining to skin

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epidermal

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pertaining to above (upon) skin

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hypodermic

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pertaining to below skin

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intradermal

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pertaining to within the skin

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subcutaneous

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pertaining to under skin

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ungual

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pertaining to nails

Medical Terminology (3 decks)

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