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Chapter 3
Integumentary System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stratum Corneum | Very top, protective layer of the skin |
| Epidermis | the Outermost layer that is visible |
| Dermis | layer under the epidermis that is deeper and thicker. It has fewer cells and more thick fibers. It is home th the hair follicles, nerves and Glands. |
| Squamous Cell | Scaly Appearance ( the Skin has a scaly Appearance under Microscope. |
| -Pil/o, -trich/o | Hair Ex. Piloid, atrishosis |
| -adip/o, -lip/o, -steat/o | Fat Ex. adipocyte, Lipoma (fat cell) , (Fat tumor) |
| The skin has two types of Glands, What are they? | Sweat Glands = -hidr/o = Sweat Sebaceous Glands = -sebace/o , -seb/o = Oil glands |
| Squam/o | Scale Ex. Squamous Layer when you have a sunburn and skin is peeling, it is referred to desquamation. |
| -hidr/o | Sweat Ex. Hyperhidrosis |
| -onych/o, AWN-ih-koh -ungu/o | Nail Ex. Onchalgia (nail pain), Subungual (under nail or below nail) |
| -Seb/o -Sebace/o | Oil Ex. Sebolith, Pilosebaceous |
| -crypt/o | Hidden ex. ingrown toenail |
| Skin abnormalities are categorized into what 2 groups? | Skin texture: harness/horniness (kerat/o), Dryness (xer/o) or Skin color: whiteness, redness, yellowness, blackness |
| Kerat/o | Hardness/horniness |
| -rasion | Scrape |
| Abrasion | Scraping away of skin |
| Albinism | lack of pigment in skin causing Patient to look white |
| Albino | a person afflicted with Albinism |
| Alopecia AL-oh-pee-shuh | Baldness |
| anhidrosis | lack of sweating |
| Comedo | a hair follicle plugged with sebrum (black head, white head) |
| Cyanhidrosis | Blue sweat |
| depigmentation | loss of pigmenttation |
| Dermatolysis | Loose skin |
| Erythema | Red |
| Erythoderma | red skin |
| Hermathidrosis hermatidrosis | sweating blood |
| Hidropoiesis | the formation of sweating |
| -poiesis | formation |
| hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
| hyperkerotosis | excessive growth of horny skin |
| hypermelanosis | excessive melanin to the skin |
| Macerate MAS-ih-rayt | to Soften the Skin |
| Onychophagia | eating or biting the nails |
| Pruritus proo-RAI-tus | to itch |
| Rhytidermia rih-tih-DER-ee-ah | wrinkled skin |
| Sebopoiesis | formation of Oil (sebrum) |
| Seborrhea | discharge of oil (sebrum) |
| trichomegaly | abnormal thick hair trich/o = hair, -megaly= enlargement |
| urticaria URT-ih-KAR-ee-ah | swollen raised itchy areas of the skin |
| Macule, Macula MAK-yool , Primary Lesions (PL) | Small flat discolored area Latin for spot or stain Flat, NONpalpable |
| Patch (vitiligo) Pach , (vit-il-AL-goh) (PL) | Larger, flat, discolored area Flat, NONpalpable |
| Papule PAP-yool (PL) | a small solid Mass Elevated, Palpable, Solid Mass |
| Plaque (PL) | a solid Mass on the surface of the skin Elevated, Palpable, Solid Mass |
| Nodule NOJ-yool (PL) | a solid mas that extends deeper into the skin Elevated, Palpable, Solid Mass |
| Tumor (PL) | a Larger Solid Mass Elevated, Palpable, Solid Mass |
| Vesicle (PL) | a smaller blister Elevated, Fluid Filled |
| Bulla (PL) | Latin for Bubble Elevated, Fluid Filled |
| Pustule PUS-tyool (PL) | Pus filled Blister Elevated, Fluid Filled |
| Abscess (PL) | a localized collection of pus in the body |
| -scess | go |
| Erosion Secondary Lesion (SL) | Loss of skin Loss of Skin Surface |
| Ulcer UL-sir (SL) | a Sore Loss of Skin Surface |
| Excoriation Eks-koh-ree-A-shun (SL) | a scratch ex/cori/ation |
| -cori | skin |
| Fissure FISH-ur (SL) | a crack in the skin Loss of Skin Surface |
| Scale (SL) | Skin flaking off Loss of Skin Surface |
| Crust (SL) | a dried substance (i.e., blood, pus) on the skin Material on the Skin Surface |
| Vascular Lesion (VL) | Wounds related to the blood vessels |
| cherry angioma (VL) | a small blood vessel tumor |
| telangiectasia (spider angioma) TEL-AN-jee ek-TAY-zhuh (VL) | the over expansionn of the blood Vessel; sometimes called spider angioma because of how it looks on the skin |
| Petechia puh-TEE-kee-yah (VL) | a small bruise |
| ecchymosis ek-ih-MOH-sis | a larger bruise |
| cicatrix (plural: cicatrices) (VL) | Scar |
| Keloid (VL) | overgrowth of Scar tissue Kel / oid |
| kel | tumor |
| Epidermal Tumors | Tumors on the skin |
| Nevus NEE-vus | Mole latin for birthmark or mole |
| Dysplastic Nevus | A mole with bad changes/formation (often precancerous) |
| Verruca Ver-ROO-kah | Wart |
| Culture & Sensitivity (C&S) | Growing Microorganisms in Isolation in order to determine which drugs they might respond to. |
| Biopsy (Bx) | Removal of tissue in order to examine it (with your own two eyes) |
| Excisional Biopsy | removal of an entire lesion for examination (to cut it out) |
| Incisional Biopsy | removal of a portion of a lesion for examination (to cut into it) |
| Dermatoscope | an instrument to look at the skin |
| Dermatoscopy | procedure for looking at the skin |
| Adipocele AD-hi-poh-SEEL | a hernia filled with fatty tissue adipo / Cele fat / hernia |
| Dermatofibroma | a fibrous skin tumor |
| erythrocyanosis | a red and/or blue skin condition |
| keratogenic | causing horny skin condition |
| keratosis | horny skin condition |
| Necrosis | tissue death |
| onychia | a nail condition |
| onychocryptosis | an ingrown nail |
| onycholysis | the loss of a nail |
| onychomalacia AWN-ih-koh-mah-LAY-shah | abnormal softening of the nail |
| onychopathy awn-ih-KOP-ath-ee | Nail disease |
| Pachyderma pak-ih-DER-mah | tough skin |
| Paronychia | a condition of the tissue around the nail |
| Steatoma STEE-ah-TOH-mah | a Fatty tumor |
| Xanthoma | a yellow tumor |
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