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med terminology .3
chapter 3
Question | Answer |
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subcutaneous layer (hyperdermis) | innermost layer in skin; has lipocytes (fat) |
epidermis | made of stratified squamous epithelium |
basal layer | deepest layer of the skin |
melanocytes | produce the black pigment melanin and protect skin from UV rays |
keratin | hard protein that fills dead skin |
corium (dermis) | middle layer of skin |
collagen fibers | form elastic protein that gives skin its' shape |
nails | cuticle, nail bed, nail body, nail root, free edge, lunula |
sebum | ductless spreading of sebum protects the skin |
sweat glands | apocrine glands (pubic/underarms), sweat duct, sweat pore, perspiration, sudoriferous gland (sweat gland) |
py/o | pus |
derm/o | within the skin |
hidr/o | sweat |
melan/o | black |
onych/o | nail |
rhytid/o- | wrinkles |
seb/o | oily |
trich/o | hair |
ungu/o | nails |
xer/o | dry |
scler/o | hard |
leuk/o | white |
ichthy/o | scaly |
erythr/o | red |
abrasion | scraping away of skin by friction |
cicatrix | scar |
comedo | hardened sebum in hair follicle |
contusion | injury caused by blow to body |
cyanosis | blue tint to skin/mucous membranes caused by deoxygenated blood |
depigmentation | loss of skin color |
diaphoresis | profuse sweating |
ecchymosis | blood collecting under skin causing discloration |
erythema | reddness |
eschar | thick layer of dead tissue/fluid |
hirsutism | excessive hair growth |
hyperemia | redness due to increased blood flow |
hyperpigmentation | too much pigment |
keloid | raised thickened hypertrophic scar |
keratosis | overgrowth of dermis layer |
lesion | wound |
nevus | pigmented skin blemish |
pallor | paleness of the skin |
petechiae | purple or red spots from hemorrhages under the skin |
photosensitiviy | skin reacts abnormall to light |
pruritus | severe itching |
purpura | fragile blood vessels that cause bruising |
purulent | containing pus |
strawberry hemangioma | dilated blood vessels cause a birthmark that dissapears |
suppurative | containing pus |
urticaria | hives |
verruca | warts |
Skin pathology | cyst, fissure, laceration, macule, nodule, pauple, pustule, ulcer, vesticle, wheal |
Skin problems | abscess, acne, albinism, bascal cell carcinoma,cellulitis, deubitus ulcer, gangrene, eczema, gangrene, ichthyosis, impetigo, kaposi's sarcoma, malignant melanoma, pediculosis, rubella, scabies, systemic lupis erythematosus, tinea, vitiligo, varicella |
Hair problems | alopecia (loss of hair), carbuncle (furuncle involving hair), furuncle (bacterial infection of hair follicle) |
Nail problems | onychia (infected nail bed), paronychia (infection of skin around nail bed) |
Skin diagnostics | culture&sensitivity, biopsy, exfoliative cytology, frozen section, fungal scrapings |
Skin therapy | allograft (from one person to another), autograft (from one person's body), dermatome, dermatoplasty, heterograft (from another species), cryosurgery, chemabrasion, dermabrasion, laser therapy, liposuction, rhytidectomy |
cauterization | destruction of tissue |
curettage | removal of superficial skin lesions |
debridement | removal of firegn material and dead or damaged tissue from a wound |
incision and drainage | drain materials by making an incision |