Integumentary-System Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Adip/o | Fat |
Albin/o | White |
Caus/o | Burn, Burning |
Cauter/o | Heat, Burn |
Cutane/o | Skin |
Derm/o Dermat/o | Skin |
Diaphor/o | Profuse sweating |
Erythem/o Erythemat/o | Redness |
Hidr/o | Sweat |
Ichthy/o | Dry, Scaly, Fish-like |
Kerat/o | Hard |
Leuk/o | White |
Lip/o | Fat |
Melan/o | Black |
Myc/o | Fungus |
Onych/o | Nail |
Phyt/o | Plant |
Pil/o | Hair, Hair follicle |
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 |
Bx | Biopsy |
PPD | Purified Protien Derivative Used in skin test for Tuberculosis |
SLE | Systemic Lupus Erthematosus |
SC | Subcutaneous |
Integumentary | Skin and its accessory structures |
Sebaceous Glands | Produce Sebum Covers body except soles of feet and palms of hands and lips |
Sebum | Oily secretion Lubricates surface of skin |
Sweat Glands | Produces sweat Covers body especially soles of feet and palms of hands |
Sweat | Watery secretion Cools body as it evaporates |
Pore | Tiny opening on surface of skin |
Receptors | Nerve fibers under skin for sensation |
Name the four receptors | Pain, Temperature, Pressure, Touch |
Epidermis | Thin, cellular membrane layer COntains keratin |
Dermis | Dense, fibrous, connective tissue layer Contains collagen |
Subcutaneous | Thick, fat-containing tissue layer |
Basal Layer | Deepest layer of epidermis |
Stratum Corneum | Most superficial layer of epidermis |
Keratin | Hard protein material |
Melanocytes | Produces melanin Skin tone depends on howmuch is produced or distributed Disease can affect skin color |
Melanin | Brown-black pigment Gives skin color |
Jaundice | Yellow color caused by excess billirubin |
Malfunctioning adrenal gland | Causes excessive melanin that appears bronze |
Bruising | Circulatory problem |
Cyanosis | Blue color from drop in oxygen |
Hair Fiber | Composed of a tightly fused meshwork of cells filled with keratin |
Keratin | Hard protein |
Hair Follicle | sacs within which each hair fiber grows |
Nails | Hard keratin plates covering dorsal surface of last bone of each toe and finger |
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Lacey.Cutler
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