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Integumentary syste
Skin
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Thin, cellular membrane layer; containing keratin | Epidermis |
| Dense, fibrous, connective tissue layer; containing collagen | Dermis |
| Thick, fat-containing tissue | Subcutaneous layer |
| What produces odor when we sweat | Bacteria |
| What parts of the body have the highest concentration of sweat glands | palms of hands and soles of feet |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| caus/o | burn, burning |
| cauter/o | heat, burn |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| diapho/o | profuse sweating |
| erythem/o, erythemat/o | redness |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| kerat/o | hard, horny tissue |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pil/o | hair |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| steat/o | fat |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| Collection of dried serum and cellular debris | crust |
| Thick-walled, closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semisolid material | cyst |
| Wearing away or loss of epidermis | erosion |
| Groove or crack-like sore | fissure |
| Discolored (often reddened) flat lesion | macule |
| solid, round or oval elevated lesion more than 1 cm in diameter | nodule |
| Smalle (less than 1 cm in diameter), solid eleveation of the skin | papule |
| Benign growth extending from the surface of mucous membrane | polyp |
| Small elevation of the skin containing pus | pustule |
| Open sore on the skin or mucous membranes within the b ody | ulcer |
| Small collection of clear fluid (serum); blister | vesicle |
| Smooth, slightly eleveated, edematous (swollen) area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin | Wheal |
| Absence of hair from areas where it normally grows | alopecia |
| Bluish-black mark (bruise) on the skin | ecchymoses |
| Itching | pruritus |
| Acute allergic reaction in which red, round wheals develop on the skin | urticaria (hives) |
| Loss of pigment in area of the skin | vitiligo |
| Chronic papular and pustular eruption of the skin with increased production of sebum | acne |
| Injury to tissues caused by heat contact | burns |
| Death of tissue associated with loss of blood supply | gangrene |
| Bacterial inflammatory skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and crusted-over lesions | impetigo |
| Infection of the skin caused by a fungus | tinea |
| Inflammatory skin disease with erythematous, papulovesicular lesions | eczema |
| Rash of the skin due to a viral infection | exanthematous viral disease rubella, rubeola, varicella (chickenpox) |
| A contagious, parasitic infection of the skin with intense pruritis | scabies |
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