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HLHS CH3
Dermatology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| root: cutaneo/dermo/dermat | skin |
| layers of skin | epidermis (outer) dermis (mid) hyperdermis |
| types of glands | sweat glands (hidro) sebaceous glands (sebaceo) |
| root: onycho/unguo | nails |
| root: adip/o.lip/o,steo/o | fat ex: adipocyte, lipoma, steotosis |
| root: pil/o,trich/o | hair |
| root: hidro | sweat |
| root: squam/o | scale |
| root: onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| root: seb/o, sebace/o | oil |
| root: crypt/o | hidden |
| root: kerat/o | hard, horny |
| root: xer/o | dry |
| root:xanth/o | yellow |
| root: erythr/o | red |
| root: leuk, alb | white |
| root: melan | black |
| dermatalgia/dermatodynia | rash on skin thats painful |
| pruritus | itchy |
| urticaria | hives |
| xerosis | dry rash |
| macerate | wet skin/ to soften skin |
| alopecia | hair loss |
| hypertrichosis | too much hair |
| abrasion | scraping away of skin ab/rasion |
| albinism | lack of pigment albin/ism |
| dermatolysis | loose skin |
| onychophagia | eating or biting the nails |
| rhytidermia | wrinkled skin |
| trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair |
| urticaria | Swollen raised itchy skin |
| rash location types | localized- rash limited or specific area generalized- all over body centrifugal- start in middle and go outwards centripetal- rash outside to inwards |
| rash bump sizes | vesicles- Less than 1 cm, clear liquid pustules- filled with pus bulla- larger vesicles like blister abscesses- larger pustules |
| spots types | macules- small flat spots/ freckles patches- larger macules |
| cherry angioma | too many blood vessels in one area |
| telangiectasia | heavy concentration of blood vessels flat but visible |
| petechiae | small bruises under skin |
| ecchymosis | large bruises |
| skin functions impared by burn | ability to regulate heat, regulate hydration, or fight infections |
| first degree burn | only affects superficial layer of skin ex sunburn |
| 2nd degree burn | deeper burn involving the dermis |
| 3rd degree burn | injures subcutaneous layer |
| fourth degree burn | involves underlying tissues like bone, muscle or fascia |
| macule/macula | small, flat discolored area |
| patch | larger flat discolored area |
| hypomelanosis | diminished melanin in the skin |
| deconstruct the term excoriation by seperating the prefix, root and suffic | ex-cori-ation |
| papules | small bumps under one centimeter |
| deconstruct "hypermelanosis" | hyper-melan-osis |
| plaque | a solid mass on the surface of the skin |
| deconstruct "dematosis" | dermat-osis |
| fissure | crack in skin |
| deconstruct "atopic" | a-top-ic |
| acne vulgaris | inflammation to skin follicle |
| decubitus ulcer | bed sore |
| dermatosis | skin condition |
| dermopathy | skin disease |
| basal cell carcinoma | cancerous tumor of basal skin cells |
| hidradenoma | tumor of sweat glands |
| malignant cutaneous neosplam | harmful new formation of skin tissue |
| actinic dermatitis | skin inflammation caused by sun |
| erosion | loss of skin |
| Ulcer | a sore |
| excoriation | a scratch |
| scale | skin flaking off |
| crust | a dried substance |
| myc | fungus |
| antibiotic | drug that destroys or opposes the growth of microorganisms |
| steatitis | inflammation of fat tissue |
| intradermal | inside the skin |
| hidradenitis | inflammation of the sweat glands |
| ABCDE | asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving |
| antipruritic | relieves itching |
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