integumentary system Flashcards
1
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functions of skin
A
protect against injury, protect against bacterial invasion, protect against ultraviolet light dame, prevent water loss, aid in camouflage and sexual displays, detect pain, touch, and pressure
2
Q
dermat/o, derm/o, cor/o, cutane/o
A
skin
3
Q
melan/o
A
black/dark
4
Q
herat/o
A
hard/hornlike
5
Q
onych/o
A
claw, nail
6
Q
cornu/o
A
horn
7
Q
lip/o, adip/o
A
fat
8
Q
pil/o, trich/o
A
hair
9
Q
follicul/o
A
follicle
10
Q
sebac/o, seb/o
A
oil, sebum
11
Q
subor/o, hidr/o
A
sweat
12
Q
hydr/o
A
water
13
Q
sebaceous glands
A
sebum
14
Q
sudoriferous glands
A
sweat
15
Q
anal glands
A
odor
16
Q
abrasion
A
skin scrape
17
Q
abscess
A
collection of pus
18
Q
alopecia
A
loss of hair
19
Q
carbuncle
A
group of furuncles in adjacent hairs
20
Q
cicatrix
A
a scar
21
Q
ecchymosis
A
bruise
22
Q
epithelium
A
cells the cover body surface
23
Q
eschar
A
scab
24
Q
excoriate
A
scratch
25
fissure
crack-line lesion in the skin
26
furuncle
boil or skin abscess
27
granulation tissue
new tissue to fill in wound
28
keloid
overgrowth of scar
29
laceration
rough or jagged skin tear
30
palliative
treating symptom, not curing cause
31
papule
small elevation, does not contain pus
32
petechia
tiny ecchymosis
33
plaque
a raised flat papule
34
proud flesh
overgrowth of granulation tissue
35
pruritus
itching
36
purulent
containing pus
37
sepsis
systemic inflammatory response
38
signalment
a detailed description
39
suppurate
to produce pus
40
topical
applied to surface of the body
41
tumor
a mass or swelling
42
ulcer
a crater like lesion of the skin
43
wheal
elevated papule, caused by edema
44
a-
without, no
45
an-
not
46
bi-
life
47
circum-
around
48
pachy-
think
49
para-
near, beside, abnormal, apart from
50
-phyte
abnormal pathological growth
51
aut/o
self
52
bi/o
life
53
cyst/o
sac containing fluid
54
necr/o
death
55
nod/o
knot
56
papul/o
pimple, <1cm
57
purpur/o
purple
58
py/o
pus
59
vesicul/o
blister, small sac
60
xer/o
dry
61
-tomy
surgical incision
62
-stomy
surgical creation of new opening
63
-ectomy
surgical removal
64
-plasty
surgical repair
65
-rrhaphy
suture
66
-pexy
surgical fixation
67
-centesis
surgical puncture
68
-graphy
method of recording
69
-graph
instrument used to record
70
-gram
written record produced
71
-scope
instrument of examining
