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# BAS 03 Integumen
# BAS 03 Integumentary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True Skin | Dermis. Contains the glands, blood vessels, and nerves |
| Epidermis | Top layer of skin. Scaly and flakes off regularly. |
| Subcutaneous layer of skin | The layer under the dermis that contains adipose tissue and connects skin to muscle. |
| Sudoriferous gland | Skin gland that produces sweat |
| Sebaceous gland | Skin gland that produces oil. |
| onchy/o | nail |
| melanin | Dark protein made by the skin cells and gives the skin color. |
| trich/o | hair |
| epi- | upon |
| seb/o | sebum |
| kerat/o | keratin |
| hidr/o | water |
| adip/o | fat |
| sub- | under |
| cutane/o | skin |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| Tinea | a fungal infection of the skin |
| Carbuncle, boil, | Bacterial infection of the skin |
| incision | a surgical cut |
| erythr/o | red |
| cyan/o | blue |
| abrasion | scrapin of the top layer of skin |
| allograft | tissue from another person. |
| autograft | tissue from person's body |
| heterograft / xenograft | tissue from another species. |
| Name at least 5 functions of the skin: | protects from UV radiation from the sun. protects from injury protects from bacterial entry excretes waste (urea) and salt & water functions as a sense organ. |
| alopecia is the medical term for: | BALDNESS |
| Mycosis | A fungal infection |
| The three basic classifications of lesions are: | (1) Primary - top layer (2) Secondary- middle layer (3) Vascular - blood vessel, deeper layer |
| A vascular lesion called ecchymosis is also called a: | Hematoma, bruise |
| Petechiae | Tiny pinpoints of ecchymosis |
| In burns the body surface area is given in percentages (i.e. arm = 9%). If a doctor treats 91/2% the doctor can add the 1/2% to the charge. (T/F) | False. There must be an add-on code that accounts for the increase percentage. |
| When coding for skin infection you will need to code for the disease and the bacteria that caused it. (T/F) | TRUE |
| cryosurgery | Surgery (tissue destruction) using liquid nitrogen. |
| Dermabrasion | Removal of scars, tatoos and wrinkles by using emery paper. |
| Debridement | Removal of dead tissue |
| Curettage | Scraping action used to help remove dead tissue. |
| Fulgaration | Electrical destruction of tissue. |
| I & D | Incision and Drainage |
| excision | To surgically cut out. |
| Abrasion | Method of removing tissue with emery paper |
| cervicoplasty | repair of the cervix or neck. |
| rhytidectomy | To cut out wrinkles |
| xenograft | Tissue graft from one species to another. i.e. the first heart transplant was done using a heart from a chimpanze. |
| malignant lesion | lesion that is cancerous. |
| benign lesion | leson that is not cancerous. |
| cer/o | wax |
| chrom-, chrom/o | color |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm-, derma-, dermat/o, derm/o | skin |
| erythr-, erythr/o | red |
| hidr-, hidr/o | sweat |
| histi/o, hist/o | tissue |
| kerat-, kerat/o | cornea, hardened tissue |
| leuc/o, leuk/o, leuk-, leuc- | white |
| lip-, lip/o | fat |
| melan-, melan/o | black |
| myc-, myc/o | fungus |
| necr-, necr/o | death |
| -oma | tumor |
| onych-, onych/o | fingernail or toenail |
| papul/o | pimple, circumscribed solid elevation |
| path-, path/o, -pathy | disease |
| phyt-, phyt/o | plant |
| pil-, pil/o | hair |
| -plasia | formation |
| py-, py/o | pus accumulation |
| -rrhea | flowing |
| scler-, scler/o | hard |
| squam/o | epidermal cell |
| seb-, sebi-, seb/o | oil |
| steat/o | fat |
| trich-, trichi-, trich/o | hair |
| vesic-, vesic/o, vesicul/o | vesicle, blister |
| xanth-, xanth/o | yellow |
| xer-, xer/o | dry |
| paring | cutting as with scissors |