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Medical Term. Words
Chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Epidermis | the thin, outer membrane layer (above the dermis) |
| Dermis | the middle, fibrous connective tissue layer (under the epidermis) |
| Subcutaneous layer | the inner most layer, containing fatty tissue |
| Adip/o | fat |
| Cutane/o | skin |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Derm/o | skin |
| Diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| Hidr/o | Sweat |
| Leuko/o | white |
| Lip/o | fat |
| Sweat glands | produces sweat |
| Sebaceous | produces oil |
| Sensory receptors | detect temperature, pain, touch, and pressure. (thing that makes you feel things) |
| Cutaneous | skin |
| Serous membrane | line body cavities that don't open to the outside |
| Mucous membranes | line body cavities that open to the outside |
| Pathogens | produces germs |
| Synovial membranes | lining in joint capsules that secrete synovial fluid to lubricate joints |
| Skin | is stratified squamous epithelium |
| Stratified | more than one layer |
| Squamous | cells are flat or squashed |
| Subcutaneous | under the skin |
| Intradermal | within the skin |
| Dermatitis | inflammation of the skin |
| Dermatologist | specialist in skin (one who studies skin) |
| Dermatology | study of the skin |
| Anhidrosis | abnormal condition of no sweat |
| Hyperhidrosis | abnormal condition of excessive sweat |
| Lipectomy | excision of fat (surgical removal of fat) |
| Lipoma | fatty tumor |
| Scleroderma | hardening of skin |
| Papule | small bump on skin |
| Nodule | larger bump on skin |
| Vesicle | small fluid filled bump |
| Pustule | pus filled vesicle |
| Cyst | fluid filled sack under skin |
| Ulcer | eroded area on skin extending into dermis or subcutaneous tissue |
| Keloid | Large overgrown scar |
| Cyanosis | Blue skin |
| Decubitus ulcer | bedsore |
| Depigmentation | loss of normal skin color of pigment |
| Diaphoresis | Profuse sweating |
| Ecchymosis | big bruise |
| Erythema | red skin |
| Hemangioma | tumor made of blood vessels |
| Petechiae | pin point bleeds |
| Photosensitivity | sensitive to light |
| Polyp | small elongated growth |
| Pruritus | itchy |
| Urticarial | hives |
| 1st degree burn | damages only the epidermis (just have redness) |
| 2nd degree burn | damage through epidermis & into dermis; vesicles (blisters) form between the two layers |
| 3rd degree burn | epidermis and dermis destroyed and damage extends into subcutaneous tissue |
| Basal cell carcinomas | almost never metastasizes (doesn't spread to other organs) (best skin cancer to have; doesn't kill) |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | can metastasize (middle cancer; can kill) |
| Malignant melanoma | most deadly skin cancer; metastasizes; cancer of melnocytes which produce skin pigment. |
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