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med terminology .3
chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subcutaneous layer (hyperdermis) | innermost layer in skin; has lipocytes (fat) |
| epidermis | made of stratified squamous epithelium |
| basal layer | deepest layer of the skin |
| melanocytes | produce the black pigment melanin and protect skin from UV rays |
| keratin | hard protein that fills dead skin |
| corium (dermis) | middle layer of skin |
| collagen fibers | form elastic protein that gives skin its' shape |
| nails | cuticle, nail bed, nail body, nail root, free edge, lunula |
| sebum | ductless spreading of sebum protects the skin |
| sweat glands | apocrine glands (pubic/underarms), sweat duct, sweat pore, perspiration, sudoriferous gland (sweat gland) |
| py/o | pus |
| derm/o | within the skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| melan/o | black |
| onych/o | nail |
| rhytid/o- | wrinkles |
| seb/o | oily |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nails |
| xer/o | dry |
| scler/o | hard |
| leuk/o | white |
| ichthy/o | scaly |
| erythr/o | red |
| abrasion | scraping away of skin by friction |
| cicatrix | scar |
| comedo | hardened sebum in hair follicle |
| contusion | injury caused by blow to body |
| cyanosis | blue tint to skin/mucous membranes caused by deoxygenated blood |
| depigmentation | loss of skin color |
| diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
| ecchymosis | blood collecting under skin causing discloration |
| erythema | reddness |
| eschar | thick layer of dead tissue/fluid |
| hirsutism | excessive hair growth |
| hyperemia | redness due to increased blood flow |
| hyperpigmentation | too much pigment |
| keloid | raised thickened hypertrophic scar |
| keratosis | overgrowth of dermis layer |
| lesion | wound |
| nevus | pigmented skin blemish |
| pallor | paleness of the skin |
| petechiae | purple or red spots from hemorrhages under the skin |
| photosensitiviy | skin reacts abnormall to light |
| pruritus | severe itching |
| purpura | fragile blood vessels that cause bruising |
| purulent | containing pus |
| strawberry hemangioma | dilated blood vessels cause a birthmark that dissapears |
| suppurative | containing pus |
| urticaria | hives |
| verruca | warts |
| Skin pathology | cyst, fissure, laceration, macule, nodule, pauple, pustule, ulcer, vesticle, wheal |
| Skin problems | abscess, acne, albinism, bascal cell carcinoma,cellulitis, deubitus ulcer, gangrene, eczema, gangrene, ichthyosis, impetigo, kaposi's sarcoma, malignant melanoma, pediculosis, rubella, scabies, systemic lupis erythematosus, tinea, vitiligo, varicella |
| Hair problems | alopecia (loss of hair), carbuncle (furuncle involving hair), furuncle (bacterial infection of hair follicle) |
| Nail problems | onychia (infected nail bed), paronychia (infection of skin around nail bed) |
| Skin diagnostics | culture&sensitivity, biopsy, exfoliative cytology, frozen section, fungal scrapings |
| Skin therapy | allograft (from one person to another), autograft (from one person's body), dermatome, dermatoplasty, heterograft (from another species), cryosurgery, chemabrasion, dermabrasion, laser therapy, liposuction, rhytidectomy |
| cauterization | destruction of tissue |
| curettage | removal of superficial skin lesions |
| debridement | removal of firegn material and dead or damaged tissue from a wound |
| incision and drainage | drain materials by making an incision |
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