Integumentary System - Word Parts Flashcards
cutane/o-
skin
integument/o-
skin
integu/o-
to cover
theli/o-
cellular layer
-um
a structure; period of time
derm/o-
skin
kerat/o-
cornea (of the eye); hard, fibrious protein
ex-
out; away from
foli/o-
leaf
-ation
a process; being or having
bas/o-
base of a structure; basic (alkaline)
melan/o-
black
-cyte
cell
-in
a substance
-tome
instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges
trich/o-
hair
sebace/o-
sebum (oil)
per-
through; throughout
spir/o-
breathe; a coil
sudor/i-
sweat
hidr/o-
sweat
diaphore/o-
sweat
fer/o-
to bear
follicul/o-
follicle (small sack)
pil/o-
hair
erect/o-
to stand up
ungu/o-
nail (fingernail or toenail)
cut/i-
skin
onych/o-
nail (fingernail or toenail)
-cle
small thing
-lun/o-
moon
-ula
small thing
adip/o-
fat
-ose
full of
-cere
waxy substance
lip/o-
lipid (fat)
-cyte
cell
all/o-
other; strange
-ergy
activity; process of working
erg/o-
activity; work
sensitive/o-
affected by; sensitive to
-ity
state; condition
-gen
that which produces
loc/o-
in one place
system/o-
the body as a whole
ana-
apart from; excessive
-phylaxis
condition of guarding or protecting
phylact/o-
guarding; protecting
cervic/o-
neck
coll/a-
fibers that hold together
elast/o-
flexing; stretching
-rrhage
excessive flow or discharge
extra-
outside of
vas/o-
blood vessel; vas deferens
contus/o-
bruising
ecchym/o-
blood in the tissues
fiss/o-
splitting
-ure
system; result of
vesic/o-
bladder; fluid-filled sac
vesicul/o-
bladder; fluid-filled sac
ne/o-
new
-plasm
growth; formed substance
malign/o-
intentionally causing harm; cancer
-ant
pertaining to
prurit/o-
itching
xer/o-
dry
-derma
skin
albin/o-
white
-ism
process; disease from a specific cause
cyan/o-
blue
-tic
pertaining to
erythemat/o-
redness
icter/o-
jaundice
necr/o-
dead cells, tissue, or body
gangren/o-
gangrene
de-
reversal of; without
pigment/o-
pigment
abras/o-
scrape off
an-
without, not
esthes/o-
sensation; feeling
kel/o-
tumor
-oid
resembling
excori/o-
to take out skin
lacer/o-
a tearing
cellul/o-
cell
pedicul/o-
lice
actin/o-
rays of the sun
angi/o-
blood vessel; lymphatic
dys-
painful; difficult; abnormal
plast/o-
growth; formation
papill/o-
elevated structure
pre-
before, in front of
sen/o-
old age
-ile
pertaining to
syn-
together
-dactyly
condition of fingers or toes
xanth/o-
yellow
-elasma
platelike structure
-ancy
state of
carcin/o-
cancer
squam/o-
scalelike cell
sarc/o-
connective tissue
psor/o-
itching
-iasis
state of; process of
-iatic
pertaining to a state or process
scler/o-
hard; sclera (white of the eye)
rhin/o-
nose
-phyma
tumor; growth
-rrhea
flow; discharge
seb/o-
sebum (oil)
-tic
pertaining to
alopec/o-
bald
hirsut/o-
hairy
-ism
process; disease from a specific cause
-sis
process; condition; abnormal condition