Question | Answer |
first line of defense against the invasion of pathogens. Also called integument. Main organ. | Skin |
Covers and protects the body.
Makes Vit. D | Skin |
Has accesory organs (skin, hair,nails and glands). | Integumentary System |
Generic term for an agent (usually a hormone.. etc). | Androgen |
very small duct. | Ductule |
state of equilibrium of the internal environment of body.. | Homeostasis |
forming a complex substance... | synthesize |
outerlayer of skin | Epidermis |
sublayers of epidermis are: | strata, stratum corneum, basal layer |
second layer of skin. also called corium. | Dermis |
the three glands: | Oil glands, sweat glands, adipose tissue(fat) |
medical word of skin: | derm/o, derm/a |
sebum, sebaceous: | seb/o |
Hair | pil/o, trich/o |
Sweat: | sudor/o, hidr/o |
red | eryhtr/o, erythem/o, erythemat/o |
fungus | myc/o |
Fat | adip/o, lip/o, streat/o |
nerve | neur/o |
Anteriole | anteriol/o |
dry, scaly | ichthy/o |
horny tissues;hardo;cornea | kerat/o |
dry | xer/o |
hardening; sclera(white of eye) | scler/o |
nail | onych/o, ungu/o |
scale | squam/o |
foreign, strange | xen/o |
treatment | therapy |
transplantation | -graft |
cold | cry/o |
pus | py/o |
-plasty | surgical repair |
gland | aden |
-esis | condition |
-malacia | softening |
nest | nid |
discharge, flow | -rrhea |
-ous, -ic, -al | pertaining to |
abnormal condition without sweat | an/hidr/osis |
treatment with cold | cry/o/therapy |
resembling skin | derm/oid |
pertaining to under the skin | sub/cutane/ous |
condition of sweat | sudor/esis, sudor/iasis |
softening of nail | onych/o/malacia |
white cell | Leuk/o/cyte |
skin that is dry | xer/o/derma |
transplantation of same(species) | homo/graft, allo/graft |
tumor of cancer | carcin/oma |
skin with pus | py/o/derma |
discharge;flow of sebum | seb/o/rrhea |
abnormal condition of dry or scaly | ichthy/osis |
pertaining to heat | therm/al |
most common type of skin cancer.
slow growing.
pearly white or waxy bump | Basal Cell Carcinoma |
infection in skin but it wonât drain. Full of pus. | Abscess |
two types of Abscess | Furuncle(boil) and Carbuncle |
chronic, noninfectious, inflammatory skin disease. | Psoriasis |
common disease of oil glands(sebaceous).
cause by hormonal change. | Acne Vulgaris |
contagious skin disease. transmitted by direct skin-to-skin contact. | Scabies |
superfacial skin infection.marked by a fluid-filled blister | Impetigo |
baldness, loss of hair. | Alopecia |
when remove dead tissue/ necrotized. | Debridement |
sweating a lot. sweats excessively | Diaphoresis |
excessive growth of hair in unusual places. | Hirsutism |
removal of thin layers of skin cancer | Mohs Surgery |
pertaining to under the skin | hypo/derm/ic |
surgical repair of the skin | dermat/o/plasty |
cell compose of fat | lip/o/cyte |
disease of the hair | tric/o/pathy |
abnormal condition of horny tissues | kerat/osis |
tumor consisting of fat | adip/oma, lip/oma |
hernia containing fat | adip/o/cele, lip/o/cele |
abnormal condition of a skin fungus | dermat/o/myc/osis |
tumor of the nails | onych/oma |
infestation with lice | pediculosis |
skin depigmentation characterized by milk-white patches | Vitiligo |
fungal skin infection, also called ringworm | tinea |
intense itching | pruritus |
epidermal growth caused by a virus. also known as wart. | Verruca |
redness of skin | erythema |
skin | cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o |
produce sweat | Sudoriferous |
cell travel to remote regions of the body. | metastasis |
hard portein found in epidermis | keratin |
term for bedsores | pressure ulcers |