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Med term skin ch 3
med term ch3 integumentary system
Question | Answer |
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albin/o | white |
melan/o | black |
bi/o | life |
myc/o | fungus |
cry/o | cold |
necr/o | death |
cutane/o | skin |
onych/o | nail |
cyan/o | blue |
pedicul/o | lice |
derm/o | skin |
phot/o | light |
dermat/o | skin |
py/o | pus |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
electr/o | electricity |
scler/o | hard |
erythr/o | red |
seb/o | oil |
hidr/o | sweat |
trich/o | hair |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
ungu/o | nail |
kerat/o | hard, horny |
vesic/o | bladder |
leuk/o | white |
xer/o | dry |
lip/o | fat |
";; -derma | skin condition |
-opsy | view of |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
allo- | other, different from usual |
xeno- | strange, foreign |
Organs that make up the Integumentary system | skin, hair, nails, sebaceous glands, sweat glands |
angi/o | vessel |
bas/o | the base |
carcin/o | cancer |
chem/o | chemical |
cislo | to cut |
cry/o c | old |
cyt/o | cell |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
electr/o | electricity |
erythr/o | red |
esthesi/o | feeling |
hem/o | blood |
hidr/o | sweat |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
kerat/o | hard, horny |
leuk/o | white |
Iip/o | fat |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
onych/o | nail |
pedicul/o | lice |
phot/o | light |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
sarc/o | flesh |
scler/o | hard |
seb/o | oil |
system/o | system |
trich/o | hair |
ungu/o | nail |
vesic/o | bladder |
xer/o | dry |
-al | pertaining to |
-derma | skin condition |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-ia | state, condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ism | state of |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-malacia | softening |
-oma | mass |
-opsy | to view |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-ous | pertaining to |
-phagia | eating |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhea | discharge |
-tic | pertaining to |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-ule | small |
allo- | other |
an- | without |
anti- | against |
auto- | self |
de- | without |
epi- | upon |
hyper- | excessive |
hypo- | under |
intra- | within |
para- | beside |
sub- | under |
xeno- | strange, foreign |
Cutaneous | pertaining to the skin |
dermal | pertaining to the skin |
epidermal | pertaining to upon the skin |
epi- | upon |
hypodermic | pertaining to under the skin |
hypo- sub- | under |
subcutaneous | pertaining to under the skin |
intra dermal | pertaining to within the skin |
intra- | within |
ungual | pertaining to the nails |
ungu/o | nail |
dermatology | study of skin; Branch of medicine that diagnosis & treat conditions & diseases of the integumentary system |
plastic surgery | Surgical specially repair, reconstruction, or improvement of body structures ( skin damaged, missing, or misshapen) |
abrasion | scraping away of the skin surface by friction |
anhidrosis | Abnormal condition of no sweat |
comedo | Collection of hardened sebum in hair follicle called blackhead |
contusion | Injury caused by a blow to the body; causes swelling, pain, and bruising; The skin is not broken |
cyanosis | Bluish tint to the skin caused by deoxygenated blood |
cyst | Fluid-filled sac under the skin |
depigmentation | Loss of normal skin color or pigment |
diaphoresis | Profuse sweating |
ecchymosis | Skin discoloration caused by blood collecting under the skin following blunt trauma to the skin; A bruise |
erythema | Redness or flushing of the skin |
erythroderma | The condition of having reddened or flushed skin |
eschar | A thick layer of dead tissue and tissue fluid that develops over a deep burn area |
fissure | Crack-like lesion or groove on the skin |
hirsutism | Excessive hair growth over the body |
hyperemia | Redness of the skin due to increased blood flow |
hyperhidrosis | Abnormal condition of excessive sweat |
hyperpigmentation | Abnormal amount of pigmentation in the skin |
ichthyoderma | The condition of having scaly and dry skin |
lesion | A general term for a wound, injury, or abnormality |
leukoderma | Having skin that appears white because the normal skin pigment is absent; May be all the skin or just in some areas |
lipoma | fatty mass |
macule | Flat, discolored area that is flush with the skin surface (eg a freckle or a birthmark) |
necrosis | Abnormal condition of death |
nevus | Pigmented skin blemish, birthmark, or mole; Usually benign but may become cancerous |
nodule | Firm, solid mass of cells in the skin larger than 5 cm in diameter |
onychomalacia | Softening of the nails |
pallor | Abnormal paleness of the skin |
middle layer also called corium | Dermis |
Which layer of skin houses hair follicles, sebaceous & sweat glands, blood & lymph vessels, sensory receptors, nerve & muscle fiber | the middle layer dermis (corium) |
Composed of connective tissue and collagen fibers | Corium, (dermis) |
The ridges of this layer produces finger prints | dermis (corium) layer |
Outer layer of skin, with flakey dead cells & contains no blood supply or connective tissue also depends on nourishment from other layers | epidermis |
This layer has a basal layer rich with blood cells | epidermis |
The stratified squamous layer (flat scale like cells called strata) of skin is called | epidermis |
what Skin layer and what is this layer called that cells continually grow and proliferate | basal layer |
Special cells that produce black pigment (melanin) that produces skin coloring & protects from sun | melanocytes |
When new cells are formed, older cells are pushed to surface, shrink , and are filled with _____ a process called ______ | protein called keratin; keratinization |
Name the 5 accessories of the epidermis skin layer | basal layer, keratin, melanin, melanocytes, stratified squamous epithelium |
The skin is water proof due to the epidermis layer of the skin filling with | a protein called keratin |
layer containing fatty tissue | subcutaneous layer |
The hair folicles begin to turn grey when the skin layer no longer produces | melanin |
An increase in blood flow & environmental temperature causes the skin to become | flush & red |
the epidermis is completely replaced every | 25 days |
which layer of the skin is the hypodermis & contains lipocytes | subcutaneous layer |
Fat cells that protect deeper tissues and insulates located in the subcutaneous layer are called | lipocytes |
Anatomical structures (accessory organs) located in the dermis are | arrector pili, hair follicle, hair root, and hair shaft |
The hair is made of | keratin |
deeper cells in the hair root force older keratinized cells to move up forming the | hair shaft |
The hair shaft grows toward the skin surface within the | hair follicle |
Which gland releases oil directly on to the hair follicle | sebaceous gland |
Each hair has a small slip of muscle attached to it called the | arrector pili muscle |
When the arrector pili muscle contracts | the hair stands up causing goose bumps |
deoxygenated blood is very dark purple red and gives the skin a bluish tingle called | cyanosis |
Because of the rich blood supply & light color, the nail bed in an excellent place to check patients for | low oxygen levels in their blood |
Flat plate of keratin covering the end of the nail and forms the | nail body |
The accessories of the nail are | cuticle, free edge, lunula, nail bed, nail body, nail root |
The nail body is connected to the tissue underneath by the | nail bed |
found at base of nail, nails grow from and is covered and protected by nail cuticle | nail root |
light color half moon at base of nail is called the | lunula |
the oil that the sebaceous glands secrete to lubricate hair and skin ; causes acne & when aging is the cause of wrinkle from less secretions is called | sebum |
Which gland lubricates the skin & secretes directly onto skin because they do not have ducts | sebaceous glands |
the accessories of the sweat glands are | apocrine glands, perspiration, sudoriferous glands, sweat ducts, sweat pore |
Highly coiled glands that function to cool the body, 2 mil in body located in dermis are called | suderiferous glands |
suderiferous glands travel to the surface of the skin through | sweat ducts |
sweat duct opening is called | sweat pore |
perspiration (sweat) contains a colorless & oderless product that has | waste products |
Sweat glands located under arms and pubic region produce sweat that is ____ and is called | Thicker sweat & are called apocrine glands |
sweat produced under the arm and public region is thicker and can cause odor when it comes into contact with | bacteria |
Small, solid, circular raised spot on the surface of the skin less than 0.5 cm in diameter | papule |
Pinpoint purple or red spots from minute hemorrhages under the skin | petechiae |
Condition in which the skin reacts abnormally when exposed to light, such as the ultraviolet (UV) rays | photosensitivity |
Severe itching | pruritus |
pinpoint hemorrhages into skin due to fragile blood vessels, common in older adults, means purple | purpura |
contains pus or infection that produces pus; pus consist of white blood cells & tissue debris | purulent |
raised spot on skin with pus | pustule |
Presence of pus on or in layer of skin indicating a bacterial infection | pyoderma |
combine form and suffix for pus, skin condition | py/o, -derma |
skin condition for lost its elasticity & hardened | scleroderma |
Combining form & suffix meaning hard & skin condition | scler/o, -derma |
oily discharge | seborrhea |
Combining form & suffix meaning oily & discharge | seb/o, -rrhea |
containing or producing pus | suppurative |
open sore or lesion in skin or mucus membrane | ulcer |
Hives, skin eruption of pale reddish wheals that severely itch, associated with food allergy, stress, drug reactions | uticaria |
Blister, fluid filled raised spot on skin | vesicle |
Combining form & suffix meaning bladder & pertaining to | vesic/o, -le |
small round swollen area on skin from allergic skin reactions like hives accompanied by uticaria | wheal |
abnormally dry skin | xeroderma |
Combining form & suffix meaning dry skin condition | xer/o, -derma |
collection of pus in the skin | abscess |
inflammatory disease of sebaceous glands & hair follicle that results in papules & pustules | acne |
chronic adult acne causing redness, tiny pimples, broken blood vessels on nose and cheeks | acne rosacea |
Teenage acne characterized by comedo, papules, & pustules | acne vulgaris |
genetic condition, body does not make melanin skin/hair white & eyes are red from no pigment | albinism |
Combining form & suffix meaning state of white | albin/o, -ism |
cancerous tumor of epidermis basal layer, rarely metastasizes or spreads, usually from sun exposure | basal cell carcinoma |
Combining form & suffix meaning pertaining to cancer tumor at the base | bas/o, -al, carcin/o, -oma |
Superficial burn affecting the epidermis | first degree burn |
burn that causes blister and affects the dermis | second degree burn |
Burn that charred the full layers of the skin, affects the epidermis, dermis & subcutaneous layer | third degree burn |
amount of the body burned is calculated using the rule of 9, what is percentage of 1 side of arm, thoracic, abdomen, leg, full arm, full leg, pubic area | 1 side arm 4.5%, thoracic 9%, abdomen 9%, leg 9%, full arm 9%, full leg 18%, pubic 1% |
diffuse, acute infection & inflammation of connective tissue in skin | cellulitis |
means decumbo (lying down) | decupitus |
open sore from pressure over boney areas cutting off blood flow to skin, bed ridden people laying in same position too long suffer from, difficult to heal | decubitus ulcer |
Another word for bed sore or pressure sore | decubitus ulcer |
inflammation of the skin | dermatitis |
presence of abnormal skin condition | dermatosis |
dried, blacken, & shriveled skin referred to as mummified, is a late stage of tissue necrosis | dry gangrene |
a form of dermatitis that is superficial with reddness, vesicles, itching and crusting | eczema |
Tissue necrosis due to deficient blood supply | gangrene |
combining form and suffix meaning scaley dry & abnormal condition | ichthy/o, -osis |
skin condition that causes dry, scaly & keratinized skin | icthyosis |
Highly infectious bacterial infection of skin with pustules that rupture & is crusted over | impetigo |
combining form and suffix meaning flesh & tumor | sarc/o, -oma |
skin cancer that is brownish purple papules that spread from skin and metastasize to internal organs, (AIDS patients get) | kaposi's sarcoma |
Raised thick hypertrophic scar from injury or surgery | keloid |
combine form and suffix meaning hard or horny & abnormal condition | kerat/o, -osis |
skin condition with over growth & thickening of epidermis layer | keratosis |
Torn or jagged wound, incorrectly used to describe a cut | laceration |
Dangerous form of skin cancer caused by uncontrolled growth of melanocytes, quickly metastasizes/spreads into internal organs also called black tumor | malignant melanoma |
Infestation of lice, eggs are called nits that cling to hair | pediculosis |
chronic inflammatory condition consisting of papules that form silvery scales patches (white patches) with circular borders | psoriasis |
Contagious skin disease caused by mite burrowing in skin and laying eggs, causes redness, intense itching (children get) | scabies |
Contagious viral skin infection, both names | rubella, German measles |
sac under skin usually filled with sebaceous oil (sebum) from sebaceous gland that grows and has to be excised | sebaceous cyst |
Scar | cicatrix |
Epidermis layer cancer that may invade deeper tissues & metastasize begins with a sore that does not heal | squamous cell carcinoma |
congenital collection of dialated blood vessels causing red birth mark that fades in few months after birth | strawberry hemangioma |
combining form and suffix that means blood, vessel & tumor (strawberry hemangioma) | hem/o, angi/o, -oma |
auto immune condition & disease of connective tissue that injures skin, joints, kidneys, nerve tissue and mucus membranes cause red, scaly butterfly rash accross cheek and nose | systemic lupus erythematosus |
fungal skin disease resulting in itchy scaly lesions | tinea |
fungal infection of scalp (ringworm) | tinea capitus |
fungal infection of foot (athletes foot) | tinea pedis |
Contagious viral infection (chicken pox) | varicella |
benign growth caused by virus, has rough surface called warts | verruca |
disappearance of pigment in skin patches, are milk white called two names | vitiligo (leukoderma) |
area of gangrene that becomes infected again or secondarily infected by pus producing bacteria | wet gangrene |
absence or loss of hair(baldness) | alopecia |
furuncle(boils) involving several hair follicles | carbuncle |
bacterial infection of hair follicle causes redness, pain, & swelling also called boil | furuncle |
abnormal condition of hair fungus | trichomycosis |
combining form and suffix meaning abnormal condition, hair, fungus | trich/o (hair), myc/o (fungus), -osis (abnormal condition) |
infected nail bed | onych/o, -ia; onychia abnormal condition of nail fungus |
Nail biting (eating) | onychophagia; onych/o, -phagia |
infection of the skin fold around nail | paronychia; para- (beside), onych/o (nail); -ia (state of, condition) |
lab test that grows bacteria removed from infected area, to id bacteria and determine its sensitivity to antibiotics | culture and sensitivity (C&S) tests |
piece of tissue remove by syringe & needle, knife, punch, or brush to examine under microscope; used to aid diagnosis | biopsy |
scraping cells from tissue & examining under scope | exfoliative cytology |
thin piece of tissue cut from frozen speciman for rapid examination under scpoe | frozen section (FS) |
tissue scraping taken from curette (scraper) from lesions placed on growth medium & examined under scope to id fungus | fungal scrapings |
skin graft from one person to another ( donor is cadaver) both names | allograft (homograft) |
Skin graft from own body | autograft (donor skin is usually perforated first so it stretches) |
instrument to cut skin or thin transplants of skin | dermatome; derma/o, -tome (to cut) |
skin grafting, transplanting skin | dermatoplasty; -plasty (skin repair) |
transfer skin from one area to another, used to treat burns & some surgical procedures | skin graft (SG) also called dermatoplasty |
skin graft from animal or other species to a human speies 2 names | xenograft; xeno (strange, foriegn) and heterograft; heter/o (other, different) |
surgical procedure that destroys tissue by using caustic chemicals, electrical current, heat or freezing | cauterization |
surgical procedure that uses extreme cold to freeze & destroy tissue | cryosurgery; cry/o (cold) |
surgical procedure that removes superficial skin lesions with surgical instrument shaped like a spoon or scraper, procedure and name of instrument | curettage; instrument is a currette |
surgical procedure that removes foriegn material & dead damaged tissue from wound | debridgement |
surgical procedure that uses electrical current to destroy tissue | electrocautery |
surgical procedure that makes an incision to create an opening for drainage (eg pus) | incision and drainage (I&D); cis/o (to cut) surgical procedure that removes a finger or toe nail |
plastic surgery procedure that causes abrasion using chemicals | chemabrasion (also called chemical peel) |
plastic surgery procedure that causes abrasion or rubbing using wire brush or sand paper to remove acne, scars, tattoos, & scar tissue | dermabrasion |
plastic surgery procedure removes skin lesions & birth marks using laser beam that emits intense heat & power at close range; laser converts frequency of light into one small beam | laser therapy |
plastic surgery procedure that sucks out fat beneath skin | lipsuction; lip/o (fat) |
plastic surgery procedure that removes excess skin to eliminate wrinkles also called facelift | rhytidectomy; rhytid/o (wrinkle), -ectomy (surgical removal) |
lidocaine, xylocaine, procaine, novocain are all forms of | skin applied anesthetics |
applied to the skin to deaden pain; pertaining to without feeling pain | anesthetic |
bacitracin/neomycin/polymixinB, neosporin ointment are | topical antibiotics |
pharmaceutical that kills bacteria causing skin infections; pertaining to against life | antibiotic |
kills fungi infecting skin; pertaining to against | antifungal |
miconazole, monistat, clotrimazole, & lotrimin are all topicals ointments that are | antifungal |
lindane, kwell; permethrin, nix are all pharmaceuticals that are | antiparasitic |
kills mites and lice | antiparasitics |
reduces severe itching | antipruritic |
diphenhydramine, benadryl, camphor/pramoxine/zinc, caladryl are all pharmaceuticals that are | antipruritic |
Used to kill bacteria in cuts and wounds or surgical site | antiseptic |
isopropyl alcohol & hydrogen peroxide are examples of | antiseptics |
treats herpes simplex infections | antivirals |
valacyclovir, valtrex; famcyclovir, famvir; acyclorvir, & zovirax are examples of | antivirals |
abbreviation for basal cell carcinoma | BBC |
abbreviation for malignant melanoma | MM |
abbreviation for biopsy | BX, bx |
abbreviation for squamous cell carcinoma | SCC |
abbreviation for culture and sensitivity | (C&S) |
abbreviation for skin graft | SG |
abbreviation for decubitus ulcer | decub |
abbreviation for dermatology | Derm, derm |
abbreviation for systemic lupus erythematosus | SLE |
abbreviation for split-thickness skin graft | STSG |
abbreviation for frozen section | FS |
abbreviation for subcutaneous | subcu, subq, SC, sc |
abbreviation for herpes simplex virus | HSV |
abbreviation for incision and drainage | I&D |
abbreviation for intradermal | ID |
abbreviation for ultraviolet | UV |
The gland that lubricates the skin by producing oil | sebaceous gland |
typical sweat gland of the body | sudoriferous gland |