Question | Answer |
Thin, cellular membrane layer; containing keratin | Epidermis |
Dense, fibrous, connective tissue layer; containing collagen | Dermis |
Thick, fat-containing tissue | Subcutaneous layer |
What produces odor when we sweat | Bacteria |
What parts of the body have the highest concentration of sweat glands | palms of hands and soles of feet |
adip/o | fat |
albin/o | white |
caus/o | burn, burning |
cauter/o | heat, burn |
cutane/o | skin |
derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
diapho/o | profuse sweating |
erythem/o, erythemat/o | redness |
hidr/o | sweat |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
kerat/o | hard, horny tissue |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o | nail |
phyt/o | plant |
pil/o | hair |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
seb/o | sebum |
squam/o | scale-like |
steat/o | fat |
trich/o | hair |
ungu/o | nail |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |
Collection of dried serum and cellular debris | crust |
Thick-walled, closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semisolid material | cyst |
Wearing away or loss of epidermis | erosion |
Groove or crack-like sore | fissure |
Discolored (often reddened) flat lesion | macule |
solid, round or oval elevated lesion more than 1 cm in diameter | nodule |
Smalle (less than 1 cm in diameter), solid eleveation of the skin | papule |
Benign growth extending from the surface of mucous membrane | polyp |
Small elevation of the skin containing pus | pustule |
Open sore on the skin or mucous membranes within the b ody | ulcer |
Small collection of clear fluid (serum); blister | vesicle |
Smooth, slightly eleveated, edematous (swollen) area that is redder or paler than the surrounding skin | Wheal |
Absence of hair from areas where it normally grows | alopecia |
Bluish-black mark (bruise) on the skin | ecchymoses |
Itching | pruritus |
Acute allergic reaction in which red, round wheals develop on the skin | urticaria (hives) |
Loss of pigment in area of the skin | vitiligo |
Chronic papular and pustular eruption of the skin with increased production of sebum | acne |
Injury to tissues caused by heat contact | burns |
Death of tissue associated with loss of blood supply | gangrene |
Bacterial inflammatory skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and crusted-over lesions | impetigo |
Infection of the skin caused by a fungus | tinea |
Inflammatory skin disease with erythematous, papulovesicular lesions | eczema |
Rash of the skin due to a viral infection | exanthematous viral disease
rubella, rubeola, varicella (chickenpox) |
A contagious, parasitic infection of the skin with intense pruritis | scabies |