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INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
THE SKIN & IT,S APPENDAGES
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |