Integumentary System Flashcards
acr
extremities
cutane
skin
derm
skin
dermat
skin
myc
fungus
onych
nail
cyan
blue
erythr
red
leuk
white
melan
black
xanth
yellow
-itis
inflammation
-osis
abnormal condition
-ous
pertaining to
-tomy
incision into
epi-
on, upon, over
hypo-
below, deficient, under
intra-
within
per-
through
sub-
below, under
edema
puffy, swelling of tissue from fluid accumulation
shingles (herpes zoster)
painful, inflamed blisters along the nerve routes
squamous cell carcinoma
malignant growth that develops from scale like epithelial tissue
staphylococcus (p. staphylococi)
bacteria that can cause skin infection and resembles grape-like clusters
streptococcus (p. streptococci)
bacteria that can cause skin infection and resembles twisted chains
abscess
localized collection of pus
basal cell carcinoma
tumor arising from the outer layer of the skin