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# BAS 03 Integumen
# BAS 03 Integumentary
Question | Answer |
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True Skin | Dermis. Contains the glands, blood vessels, and nerves |
Epidermis | Top layer of skin. Scaly and flakes off regularly. |
Subcutaneous layer of skin | The layer under the dermis that contains adipose tissue and connects skin to muscle. |
Sudoriferous gland | Skin gland that produces sweat |
Sebaceous gland | Skin gland that produces oil. |
onchy/o | nail |
melanin | Dark protein made by the skin cells and gives the skin color. |
trich/o | hair |
epi- | upon |
seb/o | sebum |
kerat/o | keratin |
hidr/o | water |
adip/o | fat |
sub- | under |
cutane/o | skin |
pil/o, trich/o | hair |
Tinea | a fungal infection of the skin |
Carbuncle, boil, | Bacterial infection of the skin |
incision | a surgical cut |
erythr/o | red |
cyan/o | blue |
abrasion | scrapin of the top layer of skin |
allograft | tissue from another person. |
autograft | tissue from person's body |
heterograft / xenograft | tissue from another species. |
Name at least 5 functions of the skin: | protects from UV radiation from the sun. protects from injury protects from bacterial entry excretes waste (urea) and salt & water functions as a sense organ. |
alopecia is the medical term for: | BALDNESS |
Mycosis | A fungal infection |
The three basic classifications of lesions are: | (1) Primary - top layer (2) Secondary- middle layer (3) Vascular - blood vessel, deeper layer |
A vascular lesion called ecchymosis is also called a: | Hematoma, bruise |
Petechiae | Tiny pinpoints of ecchymosis |
In burns the body surface area is given in percentages (i.e. arm = 9%). If a doctor treats 91/2% the doctor can add the 1/2% to the charge. (T/F) | False. There must be an add-on code that accounts for the increase percentage. |
When coding for skin infection you will need to code for the disease and the bacteria that caused it. (T/F) | TRUE |
cryosurgery | Surgery (tissue destruction) using liquid nitrogen. |
Dermabrasion | Removal of scars, tatoos and wrinkles by using emery paper. |
Debridement | Removal of dead tissue |
Curettage | Scraping action used to help remove dead tissue. |
Fulgaration | Electrical destruction of tissue. |
I & D | Incision and Drainage |
excision | To surgically cut out. |
Abrasion | Method of removing tissue with emery paper |
cervicoplasty | repair of the cervix or neck. |
rhytidectomy | To cut out wrinkles |
xenograft | Tissue graft from one species to another. i.e. the first heart transplant was done using a heart from a chimpanze. |
malignant lesion | lesion that is cancerous. |
benign lesion | leson that is not cancerous. |
cer/o | wax |
chrom-, chrom/o | color |
cry/o | cold |
cyt/o | cell |
derm-, derma-, dermat/o, derm/o | skin |
erythr-, erythr/o | red |
hidr-, hidr/o | sweat |
histi/o, hist/o | tissue |
kerat-, kerat/o | cornea, hardened tissue |
leuc/o, leuk/o, leuk-, leuc- | white |
lip-, lip/o | fat |
melan-, melan/o | black |
myc-, myc/o | fungus |
necr-, necr/o | death |
-oma | tumor |
onych-, onych/o | fingernail or toenail |
papul/o | pimple, circumscribed solid elevation |
path-, path/o, -pathy | disease |
phyt-, phyt/o | plant |
pil-, pil/o | hair |
-plasia | formation |
py-, py/o | pus accumulation |
-rrhea | flowing |
scler-, scler/o | hard |
squam/o | epidermal cell |
seb-, sebi-, seb/o | oil |
steat/o | fat |
trich-, trichi-, trich/o | hair |
vesic-, vesic/o, vesicul/o | vesicle, blister |
xanth-, xanth/o | yellow |
xer-, xer/o | dry |
paring | cutting as with scissors |