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INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
THE SKIN & IT,S APPENDAGES
Term | Meaning |
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epidermis | outer layer of skin |
keratin | layer composed of of protein. contained in the hair,skin,& nail |
melanin | color or pigment of skin |
dermis | inner layer of skin |
sweat glands (sudoriferous gland) | tiny, coiled, tubular structures that emerge through pores on skin's surface & secrete sweat |
sebaceous glands | secrete sebum (oil) |
hair | keratinized cells that arise from hair folicals; the sarc that inclose the hair fibers |
nails | originate in the epidermis. |
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
hidr/o | sweat |
kerat/o | horny tissue,hard |
onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
seb/o | sebum |
trich/o | hair |
aut/o | self |
bi/o | life |
coni/o | dust |
crypt/o | hidden |
heter/o | other |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death (cells, body) |
pachy/o | thick |
rhytid/o | wrinkles |
staphyl/o | grape like cluster |
strept/o | twisted chains |
xer/o | dry |
epi- | on, upon, over |
intra- | within |
para- | beside, beyond, around |
per- | through |
sub- | under or below |
-coccus (pl. occi) | berry shaped (form of bacterium) |
-ectomy | excision or surgical removal |
-ia | diseased or abnormal state, condition of |
-itis | inflamation |
-malacia | softening |
-opsy | view of, viewing |
-phagia | eating or swallowing |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhea | flow,excessive discharge |
-tome | instrament used to cut |