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Chapter5 Skin System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| first line of defense against the invasion of pathogens. Also called integument. Main organ. | Skin |
| Covers and protects the body. Makes Vit. D | Skin |
| Has accesory organs (skin, hair,nails and glands). | Integumentary System |
| Generic term for an agent (usually a hormone.. etc). | Androgen |
| very small duct. | Ductule |
| state of equilibrium of the internal environment of body.. | Homeostasis |
| forming a complex substance... | synthesize |
| outerlayer of skin | Epidermis |
| sublayers of epidermis are: | strata, stratum corneum, basal layer |
| second layer of skin. also called corium. | Dermis |
| the three glands: | Oil glands, sweat glands, adipose tissue(fat) |
| medical word of skin: | derm/o, derm/a |
| sebum, sebaceous: | seb/o |
| Hair | pil/o, trich/o |
| Sweat: | sudor/o, hidr/o |
| red | eryhtr/o, erythem/o, erythemat/o |
| fungus | myc/o |
| Fat | adip/o, lip/o, streat/o |
| nerve | neur/o |
| Anteriole | anteriol/o |
| dry, scaly | ichthy/o |
| horny tissues;hardo;cornea | kerat/o |
| dry | xer/o |
| hardening; sclera(white of eye) | scler/o |
| nail | onych/o, ungu/o |
| scale | squam/o |
| foreign, strange | xen/o |
| treatment | therapy |
| transplantation | -graft |
| cold | cry/o |
| pus | py/o |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| gland | aden |
| -esis | condition |
| -malacia | softening |
| nest | nid |
| discharge, flow | -rrhea |
| -ous, -ic, -al | pertaining to |
| abnormal condition without sweat | an/hidr/osis |
| treatment with cold | cry/o/therapy |
| resembling skin | derm/oid |
| pertaining to under the skin | sub/cutane/ous |
| condition of sweat | sudor/esis, sudor/iasis |
| softening of nail | onych/o/malacia |
| white cell | Leuk/o/cyte |
| skin that is dry | xer/o/derma |
| transplantation of same(species) | homo/graft, allo/graft |
| tumor of cancer | carcin/oma |
| skin with pus | py/o/derma |
| discharge;flow of sebum | seb/o/rrhea |
| abnormal condition of dry or scaly | ichthy/osis |
| pertaining to heat | therm/al |
| most common type of skin cancer. slow growing. pearly white or waxy bump | Basal Cell Carcinoma |
| infection in skin but it wonât drain. Full of pus. | Abscess |
| two types of Abscess | Furuncle(boil) and Carbuncle |
| chronic, noninfectious, inflammatory skin disease. | Psoriasis |
| common disease of oil glands(sebaceous). cause by hormonal change. | Acne Vulgaris |
| contagious skin disease. transmitted by direct skin-to-skin contact. | Scabies |
| superfacial skin infection.marked by a fluid-filled blister | Impetigo |
| baldness, loss of hair. | Alopecia |
| when remove dead tissue/ necrotized. | Debridement |
| sweating a lot. sweats excessively | Diaphoresis |
| excessive growth of hair in unusual places. | Hirsutism |
| removal of thin layers of skin cancer | Mohs Surgery |
| pertaining to under the skin | hypo/derm/ic |
| surgical repair of the skin | dermat/o/plasty |
| cell compose of fat | lip/o/cyte |
| disease of the hair | tric/o/pathy |
| abnormal condition of horny tissues | kerat/osis |
| tumor consisting of fat | adip/oma, lip/oma |
| hernia containing fat | adip/o/cele, lip/o/cele |
| abnormal condition of a skin fungus | dermat/o/myc/osis |
| tumor of the nails | onych/oma |
| infestation with lice | pediculosis |
| skin depigmentation characterized by milk-white patches | Vitiligo |
| fungal skin infection, also called ringworm | tinea |
| intense itching | pruritus |
| epidermal growth caused by a virus. also known as wart. | Verruca |
| redness of skin | erythema |
| skin | cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o |
| produce sweat | Sudoriferous |
| cell travel to remote regions of the body. | metastasis |
| hard portein found in epidermis | keratin |
| term for bedsores | pressure ulcers |
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