Chapter 3 Flashcards
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Albin/o
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White
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Cauter/o
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to cut
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cry/o
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cold
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cutane/o
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skin
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diaphor/o
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profuse sweating
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electr/o
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electricity
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erythr/o
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red
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hidr/o
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sweat
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ichthy/o
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dry
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kerat/o
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hard, horny
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leuk/o
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white
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lip/o
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fat
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melan/o
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black
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myc/o
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fungus
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necr/o
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death
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onych/o
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nail
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Pedicul/o
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lice
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phot/o
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light
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py/o
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pus
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rhytid/o
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wrinkle
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sarc/o
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flesh
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scler/o
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hard
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seb/o
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oil
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system/o
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system
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trich/o
hair
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ungu/o
nail
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vesic/o
bladder
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xer/o
dry
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allo-
other, different from usual
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xeno-
foreign
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Main purposes of skin:
- Protection: Keeps pathogens, chemicals out. Prevents loss of body fluids
- Houses nerve receptors: Detects temp, pain, touch pressure
- Secretes fluids: sweat and sebaceous glands maintain temp, and oil lubricates
- Temp regulation: sweat cools body release heat
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Two layers of skin:
- Epidermis
Thin, outer layer.
- composed of stratified squamous epithelium (flat scale-like
cells arranged in overlapping layers)
- no blood supply
- Depends on deeper layer for nourishment
- deepest layer is basal layer;
cells grow and multiply, new cells push old cells toward surface; cells die.
-basal also contains melanocytes, produce the black pigment melanin;
responsible color skin, protects against uv ray damage
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Two layers of skin:
- Dermis
Called corium
- fibrous connective tissue layer; between epidermis and
subcutaneous layer;
- “true skin
- has blood supply and collagen fibers
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Hypodermis/ Subcutaneous layer
Not really a layer of skin, but assists.
- Fat cells called lipocytes, protect deeper tissue and insulation hot/cold
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Dermatology:
diagnosis and treatment of conditions and diseases of the integumentary system.
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Plastic surgery:
surgical specialty involved in repair, reconstruction or improvement of body structures such as the skin that are damaged, missing or misshapen.
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Abrasion:
scraping of skin surface
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anhidrosis
abnormal condition of no sweat
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comedo
collection of hard sebum in hair follicle. Blackhead
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contusion
injury caused by a blow to the body. causes swelling pain and bruising
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Cyst
fluid filled sac under skin
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diaphoresis
Profuse sweating
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ecchymosis
skin discoloration caused by blood collecting under skin after blunt trauma (bruise)
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erythema
redness, flushing of skin
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erythroderma
condition of having reddened or flushed skin
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eschar
thick layer of dead tissue and tissue fluid that develops over deep burn area
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fissure
crack-like lession
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hirsutism
excessive hair growth over the body
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hyperemia
redness of skin due to increased blood flow
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hyperhydrosis
abnormal condition of excessive sweat
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hyperpigmentation
abnormal amount of pigmentation in the skin
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ichtyoderma
having scaly dry skin
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lesion
general term for wound, injury
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leukoderma
having skin that appears white because of absent skin pigment (all skin or areas)
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lipomA
FATTY MASS
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macule
flat, discolored area that is flush with skin surface ( freckle or birthmark)
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Necrosis
abnormal condition of death
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Nevus
pigmented skin blemish, birthmark or mole, may become cancerous
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nodule
solid mass of cells in the skin larger than 0.5 cm
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onychomalacia
softening of the nails
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pallor
abnormal paleness of skin
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papule
smal, solid, raised spot on skin
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petechiae
Pinpoint red or purple spots from hemorrhages under skin
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Pruritus:
severe itching
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purpura
hemorrhages into skin due to weak blood vessels. more in old ppl
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pustule
raised spot on skin with pus
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purulent
containing pus
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scleroderma
hardened skin
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suppurative
containing pus
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ulcer
open sore or lesion in skin or mucous membrane
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urticaria
hives, skin eruption itchy
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vesicle
blister, small fluid filled
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wheal
small, round, swollen area on skin
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Basal cell carcinoma
Cancerous tumor of basal cell layer of the epidermis
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celullitis
acute infection, inflammation of the connective tissue in skin
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Decubitus ulcer
Open sore, pressure over bony prominences
cutting off the blood flow to the overlying skin. bed patients
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Dermatosis
indicates presence of abnormal skin condition
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dry gangrene
Late stages of gangrene area becomes
dried, blackened, and shriveled; mummified
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Kaposi's sarcoma
Form of skin cancer
seen in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients.
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Laceration
torn or jagged wound; incorrectly used to describe a cut
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malignant melanoma
Dangerous form of
skin cancer caused by an uncontrolled growth of melanocytes
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pediculosis
infestation with lice
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rubella
contagious viral skin infection (german measles)
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scabies
contagious skin disease by egg laying mite
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Squamous cell carcinoma
Cancer of the
epidermis layer of skin that may invade deeper tissue and metastasize
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strawberry hemangioma
Congenital collection of dilated blood vessels causing a red birthmark that
fades a few months after birth.
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wet gangrene
area of gangrene that becomes secondarily infected by pus-
producing bacteria
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trichomycosis
hair fungus
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furuncle
infection of hair follicle
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carbuncle
furuncle involving many hair follicles
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onychomycosis
nail fungus
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onychia
infected nail bed
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paronychia
infection of skin fold around nail
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allograft
skin graft from one person to another
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dermatome
instrument for cutting skin
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debridement
removal of foreign material and dead dammaged tissue from wound
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xenograft
skin graft from an animal to a human
