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Integumentary System
Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| pil/o | hair |
| dermat/o | skin |
| adip/o | fat |
| trich/o | hair |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| squam/o | scale like |
| seb/o | oil |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| kerat/o | hard or horn like |
| xer/o | dry |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| alb/o | loss of pigment (white) |
| melan/o | black |
| icthy/o | fish like scale |
| c&s | culture and sensitivity |
| anesthetic | block sensation |
| antibiotic | destroy micro organisms |
| papule | small soild mass |
| tinea | ringworm |
| mycosis | fungus |
| veruca | wart |
| vessicle | small blister |
| macule | freckle |
| psoriasis | itchy red scaly skin silvery in color |
| cryotherapy | freezing |
| biopsy | Bx removal or tissue to examine |
| excisional biopsy | removal of entire lesion |
| incisional biopsy | removal of part of the lesion for exam |
| actinic keratosis | horn like skin condition caused by the sun |
| excoriation | scratch |
| alopecia | baldness |
| nevus | birth mark or mole |
| autograph | graph from self |
| xenograph | graph from another species |
| allograph or homograph | graph from same species |
| cicatrix | scar |
| bulla | bubble |
| eczema | red itch rash may weep or ooze then become crusted and scaly |
| petichiae | small pinpoint bruise |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -graph | transplant |
| pruistis | itching skin |
| comedo | hair folical |