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Integumentary Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| alopec/o | hair loss, balding |
| auto/ | self |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cauter/o | burn |
| chrom/o | color |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| lip/o | fat |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| ecchym/o | blood in tissue |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o | blood |
| derm/a,o dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsut/o | hairy |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hemat/o | blood |
| ichthy/o | dry/scaly |
| integument/o | covering |
| juand/o | yellow |
| kerat/o | hard, horn-shaped |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| pil/o | hair |
| prurit/o | itching |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| scler/o | hardening |
| seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| squam/o | scale |
| urtic/o | hives |
| xer/o | dry |
| ungu/o | nail |
| trich/o | hair |
| psor/o | itching |
| acne | clogged with oil |
| burns | damage to the skin caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, or radiation |
| eczema | red, itchy skin that is dry |
| furuncles | boils: painful, pus-filled bumps under skin |
| gangrene | large tissue death |
| imetigo | highly contagious bacterial skin infection |
| keloid | thick raised scar from overgrowth of skin cells |
| nodule | solid, raised bump, larger than a papule |
| papule | small, raised bump on skin |
| petechia | red/purple spots caused by minor damage to small vessels |
| wart | small, rough skin growth caused by a virus |
| vitiligo | loss of pigment |
| scabies | skin infection caused by mites that burrow the skin |
| purulent | thick, yellow fluid associated with infection |
| polyp | swelling of tissue on the lining of organs |
| ulcer | sore or break in the skin or mucous membrane that fails to heal properly. |
| debridement | medical procedure that involved removing dead or damaged tissue from a wound |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythematosis |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| bx | biopsy |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |
| melanocytes | found in epidermis, produces melanin |
| melanin | what gives skin and hair color |
| epidermis | the outermost layer of the skin that regenerates every 45 days |
| dermis | middle layer of skin, contains nerve endings, hair, blood vessels, and glands |
| subcutaneous layer | also known as the hypodermis, where fat and larger blood vessels are |
| sebum | oil |
| sebaceous gland | secrete oil/sebum (usually near a hair follicle) |
| lipids | fats |
| lipocytes | fat cells |
| collagen | allows for elasticity in skin, found in dermis |
| glands | secrete |
| largest organ in the body | skin |
| tinea | fungus |
| lesion | abnormal change in tissue due to damage |
| psoriasis | chronic skin condition that causes raised, inflamed, red plaques to appear on the skin |
| liposuction | removes fat from specific areas using a vaccum |
| lipectomy | surgical removal of fat that is more invasive than liposuction |
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