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Integumentary System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| integumentary system | the skin |
| root: cutaneo/dermo | skin |
| What is the largest organ in the body? | skin |
| epidermis | outermost layer - made up of squamous cells |
| squamous cell | scaly appearance - large cells that look like a fish under the microscope |
| dermis | fewer cells, much thicker than epidermis. gives skin strength and flexibility. |
| What is the dermis home to? | hair follicles, nerves, and glands |
| root: pilo/tricho | hair |
| How many types of glands does the skin have? | 2: sweat glands and sebaceous glands |
| sweat glands | release sweat to rid the body of waste and cool the body |
| sebaceous glands | secrete oil as natural moisturizer for skin and hair |
| root: hidro | sweat |
| root: sebaceo / sebo | oil |
| keratin | specialized tissue made of a hard substance >> nails |
| root: onycho/unguo | nails |
| root: adipo, lipo, steato | fat |
| root: squamo | scale |
| What are the two groups for skin abnormalities? | unusual skin texture, unusual skin color |
| root: kerato | hardness or horiness |
| root: xero | dryness |
| prefix: leuko | whiteness |
| prefix: erythro | redness |
| prefix: xantho | yellowness |
| prefix: melano | blackness |
| root: crypto | hidden |
| onychocryptosis | ingrown toenail |
| axanthopsia | unable to see yellow |
| erythroderma | redness of skin |
| leukotrichia | person with white hair |
| albinism | complete lack of skin pigment - causing patient to look white |
| Subjective | patient history, problems, complaints |
| Objective | observation and discovery |
| Assessment | diagnosis and pathology |
| Plan | treatment and therapies |
| abrasion | scraping away at the skin |
| alopecia | baldness |
| anidrosis | lack of sweating |
| comedo | black head - clogged hair follicle |
| cyanhidrosis | blue sweat |
| depigmentation | loss of pigmentation |
| dermataigia | skin pain |
| dermatodynia | skin pain |
| dermatolysis | loose skin |
| erythema | redness |
| erythoderma | red skin |
| hemathidrosis | sweating blood |
| hidropolesis | the formation of sweat |
| hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
| hyperkeratosis | excessive growth of horny skin |
| hypermelanosis | excessive melanin in skin |
| hyperpigmentation | excessive pigment in skin |
| hypohidrosis | diminished sweating |
| hypomelanosis | diminished melanin in the skin |
| hypopigmentation | diminished pigment in skin |
| leukoderma | white skin |
| macerate | to soften the skin |
| onychphagla | eating or biting of the nails |
| pruitus | an itch |
| ryhtidermia | wrinkled skin |
| sebopolesis | formation of oil (sebum) |
| seborrhea | discharge of oil (sebum) |
| trichomegaly | abnormally thick hair |
| utricaria | swollen, raised itchy areas of the skin |
| xanthoderma | yellow skin |
| xeroderma | dry skin |
| xerosis | condition of dryness |
| papules | small bumps under 1cm |
| How are skin conditions described? | by their location |
Created by:
RDickson
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