| A | B |
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| meaning of "integumentary" | covering |
| living layer of skin, contains blood vessels, nerves, hair follicles and glands | dermis |
| layer of skin that sheds skin cells, has no nerves or blood vessels | epidermis |
| layer of skin that cushions between skin bone and muscles, serves as insulation/ retains body heat, gives us shape, mostly adipose tissue | subcutaneous |
| means fatty | adipose |
| partial or complete baldness or loss of hair | alopecia |
| tough line of skin around the base of the nail | cuticle |
| small curved white area at the base of a nail | lunula |
| gland that produces ear wax | ceruminous |
| gland that cools the body with sweat | sudoriferous |
| gland that makes body oils (sebum) | sebaceous |
| medical specialist for the skin | dermatologist |
| benign tumor of tangled blood vessels | hemangioma |
| present at birth | congenital |
| not serious, not cancerous | benign |
| abnormal growth | neoplasm |
| discolored pigmented areas/moles on the skin; birthmarks | nevi |
| small, raised, blister-like lesions which contain serous fluid | vesicles |
| fluid-filled vesicles that contain pus/like pimples | pustules |
| fluid filled vesicles/blisters larger than 1 cm in diameter | bullae |
| raised areas on the skin which are small and solid like warts, moles, pimples | papules |
| raised lesions larger than 5 mm in diameter and deeper than a paupule | nodules |
| non-raised, discolored patch, very common | macule |
| elevated area which is whitish in the center and pink around the edges, usually itches | wheal |
| wheal shaped hives | urticaria |
| thin, dry skin cells that are shedding | scales |
| cracks or breaks in the skin | fissure |
| scrapes | abrasions |
| injury without breaking the skin, like a small bruise | contusions |
| irregular tears in the skin | lacerations |
| abrasion caused by chemicals, burns or trauma | excoriation |
| scabs | crustations |
| open sores with loss of tissue | ulcer |
| tissue which has died | necrotic tissue |
| scars which are raised, tough and larger than normal | keloids |
| injury caused by a heat source | thermal injury |
| redness of skin over an area | erythema |
| tender skin | hyperesthesia |
| plastic surgery or repair on the skin | dermatoplasty |
| inflammation of the skin | dermatitis |
| chronic skin disorder with pink/red lesions and silvery scales | psoriasis |
| common inflammatory skin reaction persistant dematitis as a result of immune system malfunction, usually found in children | eczema |
| bedsores caused by unrelieved pressure on the skin over bony points | decubitus ulcers |
| skin infection with pustules, usually caused by staphylococcal or streptococcal bacteria, highly contagious | impetigo |
| medication applied on the skin | topical medication |
| severe itching | pruritis |
| transplant of tissue from one part of a person's own body to another part | autograft |
| transplantation of tissue within the same species | homograft |
| removal of uneven skin by abrasive means | dermabrasion |
| removal of small piece of living tissue for examination | biopsy |
| Ung | ointment |
| I & D | incision and drainage |
| subq or subcu | subcutaneous |
| disorder of the skin where it becomes leathery and pigmented, thick and hardened | scleroderma |
| condition in which the male breast is enlarged | gynecomastia |
| skin tumor with black pigmented cells | melanoma |
| any fungal skin infection, ring worm | tinea |
| very infectious and communicable skin disoreder caused by a tiny spider, the itch mite | scabies |
| hemorrhagic areas or large bruises | ecchymosis |
| small pinpoint spots of hemorrhage caused by certain fevers or blood clotting disorders | petechia |
| plural of petechia | petechiae |
| pigment in skin, hair and eyes that give them color | melanin |
| a certain type of flattened, scalycell | squamous |
| abnormal yellow-brown discoloration of the skin- found on the cheeks in pregnancy "the mask of pregnancy" | chloasma |
| a person who does not posses skin pigment, skin and hair is white | albino |
| microscopic study of tissue | histology |
| study of fungi | mycology |
| technique for treating skin cancer by removing individual layers and examining each under a microscope until a clear cancer-free margin is achieved | Mohs' surgery |
| cells are scraped from tissu and examined under a microscope | exfoliative cytology |
| surgical removal of excess skin and fat to remove wrinkles, a "face lift" | rhytidectomy |
| light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, used to treat skin conditions and other disorders | laser |
| professional who treats the skin to maintain and improve its appearance through facials, massage, hair removal and cosmetics | esthetician |
| ID | intradermal |
| fluid, like pus, that leaks out of an infected wound | exudate |
| closed pocket of pus | abcess |
| excessively dry skin | xeroderma |
| blood trapped under a nail due to being banged or pinched | subungual hematoma |
| inflammation of nail matrix often resulting in the loss of a nail | onychia, onychitis |
| ingrown toenail | onychocryptosis |
| fungal infection of the nail | onychomycosis |
| nail biting/eating | onychophagia |
| bulbous nose usually occurs in older men | rhinophyma |
| adult acne, tiny red pimples, broken blood vessels | rosacea |
| skin condition resulting in patchy depigmentation or destruction of melanocytes | vitiligo |
| multiple purplish bruises | purpura |
| swelling of clotted blood trapped in the tissues | hematoma |
| lice infestation | pediculosis |
| normal scar | cicatrix |
| plural of cicatrix | cicatrices |
| benign, slow growing fatty tumor | lipoma |
| singular of nevi | nevus |
| overactive sebaceous glands causing excess sebum | seborrhea |
| abnormal lack of sweat | anhidrosis |
| condition of excessive sweating | hyperhidrosis |
| profuse sweating, brought on by heat or exertion | diaphoresis |
| excessive body or facial hair in women | hirsutism |
| fibrous, water-repellent protein: soft type is in epidermis, hard type in hair and nails | keratin |
| pigment that determines the color of skin | melanin |
| oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands | sebum |
| ear wax | cerumen |
| producing and secreting perspiration | hydrosis |
| the tiny muscle fibers that cause hair to stand erect and makes goose bumps | arrector pili |
| fingernail or toenail | unguis |
| word root for hair follicle | follicul/o |
| word root for hair | trich/o, pil/i, pil/o |
| word root for dry | xer/o |
| word root for nails | onych/o, ungu/o |
| word root for rash, hives | urtic/o |
| word root for hairy, rough | hirsut/o |
| word root for hard, horny | kerat/o |
| word root for fat, lipid | lip/o |
| word root for fungus | myc/o |
| word root for pus | py/o |
| word root for wrinkle | rhytid/o |
| word root for eyelid | blephar/o |
| word root for skin | cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o |
| word root for sebaceous glands, sebum | seb/o |
| word root for sudoriforous, sweat glands | hidr/o |
| word root for armpit | axill/o |
| to cover or envelope | integument |
| word root for hidden | crypt/o |
| suffix meaning pertaining to | -ous |
