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Integumentary Vocab.
Vocabulary from the skin system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does integument mean? | Skin |
| What do cutaneous and membrane refer to? | Skin |
| What does the word root xen/o mean? | Strange or foreign |
| What does the word root all/o mean? | Other or different |
| What does the suffix -tome mean? | Instrument used to cut |
| What does the suffix -opsy mean? | View of |
| What does the suffix -derma mean? | Skin |
| What does the word root xer/o mean? | Dry |
| What does the word root vesic/o mean? | Bladder |
| What does the word root ungu/o mean? | Nail |
| What does the word root trich/o mean? | Hair |
| What does the word root seb/o mean? | Oil (sebum) |
| What does the word root scler/o mean? | Hard |
| What does the word root rhytid/o mean? | Wrinkle |
| What does the word root py/o mean? | Pus |
| What does the word root phot/o mean? | Light |
| What does the word root pil/o mean? | Hair |
| What does the word root onych/o mean? | Hairs |
| What does the word root necr/o mean? | Death |
| What does the word root myc/o mean? | Fungus |
| What does the word root melan/o mean? | Black |
| What does the word root lip/o mean? | Fat |
| What does the word root leuk/o mean? | White |
| What does the word root kerat/o mean? | Hard or horny |
| What does the word root ichthy/o mean? | Scaly or dry |
| What does the word root hidr/o mean? | Water |
| What does the word root erythr/o mean? | Red |
| What does the word root electr/o mean? | Electricity |
| What does the word root diaphor/o mean? | Profuse sweating |
| What does the word root dermat/o mean? | Skin |
| What does the word root derm/o mean? | Skin |
| What does the word root cyan/o mean? | Blue |
| What does the word root cutane/o mean? | Skin |
| What does the word root cry/o mean? | Cold or icy |
| What does the word root bi/o mean? | Life |
| What does the word root albin/o mean? | White |