The Integumentary System
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98 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| caus/o | burn, burning |
| cauter/o | heat, burn |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| erythem/o | redness |
| erythemat/o | redness |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/ | oscaly, dry |
| kerat/o | hard, horny tissue |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| ungu/o | nail |
| phyt/o | plant |
| pil/o | hair, hair follicle |
| py/o | pus |
| rhythid/o | wrinkle |
| seb/o | sebum |
| squam/o | scale-like |
| trich/o | hair |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| produces sweat | sweat glands produce watery secretion that evaporates and cools |
| produces sebum | sebaceous glands produce oily secretion that lubricates skin and hair |
| receives sensation | pain, temperature, pressure, and touch |
| thermoregulates | interprets message from heat center in the brain |
| epidermis | outermost, thin cellular membrane |
| dermis | next layer; dense fibrous, connective tissue |
| subcutaneous tissue | (hypodermis) thick, fat-containing tissue |
| hair | (trich/o) cells filled with the hard protein; keratin |
| nails | hard keratin plates covering toes and fingers |
| seb/o | sebaceous |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| alopecia | absence of hair where it normally grows |
| areata | occuring in patches |
| trichotillomania | disorder characterized by the repeated pulling out of one's own hair |
| hypertrichosis | is an excessive growth of hair |
| hirsutism | presence of excessive body & facial hair in women usually occuring in a male pattern |
| trichopathy | any disease of the hair |
| ecchymosis | blue-black marks on the skin |
| petechia | small pinpoint hemorrhage |
| urticaria | acute allergic reaction with red, round wheals on skin |
| acne | papular and pustular eruption of skin with increased production of sebum |
| burns | injury to tissue due to heat, chemical, electric shock, lightning or radiation. |
| cellulitis | diffuse acute infection of skin |
| eczema | inflammation of skin with erythematous and papulovesicular lesions caused by allergy |
| exanthematous viral diseases | rash due to virus (e.g. rubella) |
| gangrene | death of tissue with loss of blood supply |
| impetigo | contagious pyodermacaused by staph or strep |
| psoriasis | chronic recurrent dermatosiswith silver gray scales that itch |
| scabies | parasitic (tiny mites) and infectious pruritus |
| scleroderma | chronic and progressive disease of skin with hardening of connective tissue-autoimmune disorder |
| systemic lupus erythematosus | (SLE) inflammatory disease of collagen in skin, joints, and internal organs |
| tinea | infection of the skin caused by fungus |
| tinea corporis | ringworm |
| tinea unguium | fungal infection of the nails (especially toenails) |
| vitiligo | loss of pigment in areas of skin |
| callus | an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) |
| keloid | overgrowth of scar tissue caused by excessive collagen formation |
| keratosis | thickened area of epidermis |
| leukoplakia | white thickened patches on tongue or cheek |
| nevus/ nevi | pigmented lesion |
| verrucavulgaris | warts caused by virus |
| squamous cell carcinoma | malignant tumor of the squamous epithelium |
| basal cell carcinoma | most common skin cancer, rarely fatal, but can be disfiguring |
| The ABCDs of malignant melanoma | Asymmetry; Border, irregular or circumscribed; Color variation; Diameter, usually larger than 6mmC |
| kaposi sarcoma | malignant, vascular, neoplastic growth characterized by cutaneous nodules |
| bacterial analyses | pus or fluid samples examined to detect microorganisms |
| fungal tests | scrapings for culture and microscopic examination after treatment with KOH |
| cryosurgery | destroy tissue with subzero temperatures using liquid nitrogen |
| curettage | scrape lesion with sharp curet |
| electrodesiccation | destroy tissue by burning with electric spark |
| mohssurgery | remove thin layers of growth to examine under microscope (basal and squamouscell) |
| skin biopsy | punch and shave to remove for examination in path lab excisional, frozen, cone, punch, shave |
| skin test | test reaction of body to allergen with skin test (scratch or patch tests) |
| sabace/o | ... |
| -algia | pain |
| -derma | skin |
| -esis | condition |
| -lysis | breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
| -ose | full of; pertaining to; sugar |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -plakia | plaque |
| -plasty | surgial repair |
| -rrhea | flow; discharge |
| pustule | a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus |
| wheal | a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip) |
| cyst | a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) |
| vesicle | clear fluid, blister |
| crust (scab) | the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion |
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