Integumentary System
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| Albin/o | White
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| Bi/o | Life
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| Cry/o | Cold
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| Cutane/o | skin
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| derm/o | skin
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| Cyan/o | Blue
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| diaphor/o | profuse sweating
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| electr/o | electricity
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| erythro/o | red
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| kerat/o | hard,horny (skin)
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| leuk/o | white
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| lip/o | fat
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| melan/o | black
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| necr/o | death of tissue
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| onych/o | nail
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| py/o | pus
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| scler/o | hard
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| seb/o | oil
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| ungu/o | nail
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| xer/o | dry
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| -derma | skin
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| -opsy | veiw of
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| pathogens | disease causing organisms
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| sensory reciptors | detect temperature, pain, touch and pressure
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| Fluids are produced in what two glands | subaceous and sweat
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| Sweat glands | help he body to maintain it's internal temperature by creating sweat which helps the body to cool
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| Subaceous glands | produce oil which lubricates the skins surface.
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| Epidermis | thin outer membrane of the skin
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| Dermis | middle fibrous connective tissue layer of the skin
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| subcutaneous layer | inner most layer of the skin containing the fatty tissue
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| Basal layer | deepest layer within the epidermis where the cells grow and multiply
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| keratin | hard protein
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| karatinized cells | allow the skin to act as an effective barrier to infection and make the skin waterproof
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| melanocytes | specialized cells that produce the black pigment melanin
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| melanin | black pigment
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| Contained in the Dermis layer of the skin | hair follicles, sweat glands, subaceous glands, blood cessels, lymph vessels,sensory recptors, nerve fibers and muscle fibers
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| Subcutaneous level | hypodermis
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| lipocytes | fat cells
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| sebum | oil from the subaceous glands
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| Subcutaneous | pertaining to under the skin
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| epidermal | pertaining to upon the skin
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| hypodermic | pertaining to under the skin
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| intradermal | pertaining to within the skin
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| dermatitis | inflammation of the skin
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| dermatologist | specialist in skin
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| dermatosis | condition of the skin
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| dermatopathy | skin disease
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| dermatoplasty | surgical repain of the skin
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| lipectomy | removal of fat
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| lipoma | fatty mass
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| melanoma | black tumor
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| melanocyte | black cell
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| necrosis | abnormal condition of dead tissue
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| onychectomy | removal of the nail
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| onychomalacia | softening of the nails
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| pyogenic | pus forming
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| seborrhea | oily discharge
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| ungual | pertaining to the nails
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| erythroderma | red skin
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| leukoderma | white skin
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| pyoderma | pus skin
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| scleroderma | hard skin
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| xeroderma | dry skin
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| abrasion | scraping away of the skin
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| contusion | injury caused by a blow to the body
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| cyanosis | bluish tint to the skin
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| dermatology | branch of medicine that diagnoses and treats conditions and diseases of the integumentary system
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| diaphoresis | profuse sweating
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| ecchymosis | bruise
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| erythema | redness of the skin
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| eschar | thick layer of dead skin that forms over a deep burn area
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| hirsutism | excessive hair growth
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| keloid | thickened hypertrophic scar
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| keratosis | skin condition involving an overgrowth
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| lesion | term for a wound, injury or abnormality
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| nevus | mole
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| pallor | paleness of the skin
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| petechiae | pinpoint purple or red spons from a minute hemorrhages
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| pruritus | severe itching
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| purpura | hemorrhages into the skin due to fragile blood vessels
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| purulent | containing pus
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| hemangioma | collection of dialated blood vessels
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| urticaria | hives
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| verruca | warts
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| cyst | fluid filled sac
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| fissure | crack-like grove in the skin
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| pustule | containing pus
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| ulcer | open sore int he skin
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| abcess | a collection of pus
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| acne | inflammation in the sebaceous gland
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| albinism | a genetic condition in which the body is unable to make melanin
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| cellulitis | acute infection and inflammation in the connective tissue in the skin
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| decubitus ulcer | bed sore or open sore over bony prominences
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| eczema | superficial dermatitis
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| gangrene | tissue necrosis
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| impetigo | highly infectious bacterial infection of the skin
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| malignant melanoma | skin cancer
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| pediculosis | lice
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| psoriasis | chronic inflammation of the skin causing silvery scale
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| scabies | egg laying mites
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| systemic lupus erythematosus | chronic disease of the connective tissue
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| tinea and tinea capitis | ring worm
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| varicella | chickenpox
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| alopecia | absence or loss of hair
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| paronychai | infection around the nail
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| C&S | Culture and sensitivity- test that grows bacteria in order to identify and treat it
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| BX | biopsy- a piece of tissue is removed to examine it under a microscope
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| FS | Frozen section- peice of tissue is cut from a frozen specimen
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| Dermatone | instrument used to cut the skin
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| SG | Skin graft- transfer of skin grom a normal area to cover another site.
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| cryosurgery | extreme cold to freeze and destroy tissue
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| curettage | removal of lesions with a curette
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| curette | surgical instrument that is shaped like a spoon
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| Debridement | removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue from a wound
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| I&D | Incision and Drainage- An incesion which is made to drain pus
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| chemabrasion | abrasion using chemicals
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| dermabrasion | abrasion using wire brushes to remove scars, tattoos and scar tissue
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| liposuction | removal of fat via suction
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| anesthetics | applied to the skin to deaden pain
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| antibiotics | kill bacteria
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| antifungals | kill fungi
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| antiparasitics | kill mites and/or lice
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| antiprutitics | reduce severe itching
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| antiseptics | kill bacteria
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| decub | decubitus ulcer
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| Derm | dermatology
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| MM | malignant melanoma
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| SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus
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| subq | subcutaneous
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