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Chapter 2
Integumentary System
Term | Definition |
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Skin layers | Epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous |
Epidermis Layers | Starta, Stratum basale, stratum corneum |
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | fat |
corne/o | horn, hard |
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
erythr/o | red |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o, histi/o | tissue |
kerat/o, scler/o | hard |
leuk/o | white |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o | nail |
plas/o | formation |
purpur/o | purple |
seb/o | sebum (oil) |
squam/o | scale |
trich/o | hair |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |
Primary lesion | Flat, Elevated, Fluid elevation |
Secondary lesions | erosion, ulcer, excoriation, fissure |
Vascular lesion | lesion of a blood vessel |
Purpuric lesion | hemorrhages in the skin |
petechia | minute hemorrhagic spot that indicate a bleeding tendency |
ecchymosis | bruise, black and blue mark; a large purpura |
keloid | abnormal overgrowth of scar tissue that is thick and irregular |
neoplasm | abnormal tissue that grows by more rapid than normal |
nevus | benign localized overgrowth of melanin-forming cells on the skin present at birth or appearing early in life that can be epidermal or vascular |
verruca | epidermal growth caused by a papilloma virus (wart) |
AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
biopsyBx | culture and sensitivity |
FS | frozen section |
HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
HSV-1 | herpes simplex virus 1 |
HSV-2 | herpes simplex virus 2 |
I&D | incision and drainage |
Rx | Prescription |
SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
Sig | label; instruction to the patient |
SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
t.i.d | three times a day |