Chapter 16 : Skin

Question 1

adipocyte

Answer 1

fat cell

Question 2

albino

Answer 2

person with skin deficient in pigment

Question 3

apocrine sweat glane

Answer 3

one of the large dermal exocrine glands located in the axilla and genital areas. secretes sweat

Question 4

basal layer

Answer 4

deepest region of the epidermis

Question 5

collagen

Answer 5

structural protein found in the skin and connective tissue

Question 6

cuticle

Answer 6

band of epidermis at the base and sides of the nail plate.

Question 7

dermis

Answer 7

middle layer of skin

Question 8

eccrine sweat gland

Answer 8

most numerous sweat-producing exocrine gland in the skin

Question 9

epidermis

Answer 9

outermost layer of the skin

Question 10

epithelium

Answer 10

layer of skin cells forming the outer and inner surfaces of the body

Question 11

hair follicle

Answer 11

sac within which each hair grows

Question 12

integumentary system

Answer 12

the skin and it accessory structures such as hair and nails.

Question 13

keratin

Answer 13

hard protein found in the epidermis, hair, and nails.

Question 14

lunula

Answer 14

half moon shaped, whitish area at the base of a nail.

Question 15

melanin

Answer 15

skin pigment. Formed by melanocytes in the epidermis.

Question 16

paronychium

Answer 16

soft tissue surrounding the nail border

Question 17

pore

Answer 17

tiny opening on the surface of the skin

Question 18

sebaceous gland

Answer 18

oil-secreting gland in the dermis that is associated with hair follicles

Question 19

sebum

Answer 19

oily substance secreted by sebaceous gland

Question 20

squamous epithelium

Answer 20

flat, scale-like cells composing of the epidermis

Question 21

stratified

Answer 21

arranged in layers

Question 22

stratum

Answer 22

a layer of cells

Question 23

stratum corneum

Answer 23

outermost later of the epidermis

Question 24

subcutaneous layer

Answer 24

innermost layer of the skin, containing fat tissue.

Question 25

adip/o

Answer 25

Fat Adipose

Question 26

albin/o

Answer 26

white albinism

Question 27

caus/o

Answer 27

burn, burning causalgia

Question 28

cauter/o

Answer 28

heat, burn

Question 29

cutane/o

Answer 29

skin subcutaneous

Question 30

derm/o, dermat/o

Answer 30

skin epidermis, dermatitis

Question 31

diaphor/o

Answer 31

profuse sweating diaphoresis

Question 32

erythem/o, erythemat/o

Answer 32

redness erythema

Question 33

hidr/o

Answer 33

sweat anhidrosis

Question 34

ichthy/o

Answer 34

dry, scaly (fish-like)

Question 35

anthrac/o

Answer 35

black (as coal) anthracosis

Question 36

chlor/o

Answer 36

green chlorophyll

Question 37

cirrh/o

Answer 37

tawny yellow cirrhosis

Question 38

cyan/o

Answer 38

blue cyanosis

Question 39

eosin/o

Answer 39

rosy eosinophil

Question 40

erythr/o

Answer 40

red erythrocyte

Question 41

jaund/o

Answer 41

yellow jaundice

Question 42

leuk/o

Answer 42

white leukoderma

Question 43

lute/o

Answer 43

yellow corpus luteum

Question 44

melan/o

Answer 44

black melanocyte

Question 45

poli/o

Answer 45

gray poliosis

Question 46

xanth/o

Answer 46

yellow xanthoma

Question 47

kerat/o

Answer 47

hard karatosis

Question 48

leuk/o

Answer 48

white leukoplakia

Question 49

lip/o

Answer 49

fat lipoma

Question 50

myc/o

Answer 50

fungus (yeast, molds, mushrooms) mycosis

Question 51

onych/o

Answer 51

nail onycholysis

Question 52

phyt/o

Answer 52

plant dermatophytosis

Question 53

pil/o

Answer 53

hair, hair follicle pilosebaceous

Question 54

py/o

Answer 54

pus pyoderma

Question 55

rhytid/o

Answer 55

wrinkle rhytidectony

Question 56

seb/o

Answer 56

sebum (oily secretion sebacceous gland.

Question 57

squam/o

Answer 57

scale-like squamous

Question 58

steat/o

Answer 58

fat steatoma

Question 59

trich/o

Answer 59

hair hypertrichosis

Question 60

ungu/o

Answer 60

nail subungual

Question 61

xanth/o

Answer 61

yellow xanthoma

Question 62

xer/o

Answer 62

dry xerosis