Chapter 4: Integumentary System Flashcards
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Bi/o
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Life
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aut/o
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self
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Coni/o
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Dust
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Crypt/o
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Hidden
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Heter/o
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Other
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Myc/o
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Fungus
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Necr/o
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Death (cells, body)
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Pachy/o
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Thick
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Rhytid/o
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Wrinkles
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Staphyl/o
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Grapelike clusters
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Strept/o
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Twisted chains
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Xer/o
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Dry
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Cutane/o
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Skin
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Derm/o
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Skin
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Dermat/o
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Skin
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Hidr/o
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Sweat
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Kerat/o
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Horny tissue, hard
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Onych/o
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Nail
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Ungu/o
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Nail
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Seb/o
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Sebum (oil)
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Trich/o
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Hair
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Epi-
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On, upon, over
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Intra-
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Within
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Para-
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Beside, beyond, around, abnormal
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Per-
Through
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Sub-
Under, below
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Trans-
Through, across, beyond
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-a
Noun suffix, no meaning
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-coccus (pl. -cocci)
Berry-shaped (form of bacterium)
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-ectomy
Excision or surgical removal
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-ia
Disease or abnormal state, condition of
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-itis
Inflammation
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-malacia
Softening
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-opsy
View of, viewing
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-phagia
Eating or swallowing
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-plasty
Surgical repair
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-rrhea
Flow, discharge
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-tome
Instrument used to cut
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Dermatitis
Inflammation of the skin
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Dermatoconiosis
Abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust
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Dermatofibroma
Fibrous tumor of the skin
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Hidradenitis
Inflammation of a sweat gland
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Leiodermia
Condition of smooth skin
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Leukoderma
White skin (White patches caused by depigmentation)
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Onychocryptosis
Abnormal condition of ahead and nail (also called ingrown nail)
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Onychmalacia
Softening of the nails
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Onychomycosis
Abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails.
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Onychophagia
Eating the nails (Nail Biting).
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Pachyderma
Thickening of the skin.
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Paronychia
Diseased state around the nail.
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Seborrhea
Discharge of sebum (excessive).
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Trichomycosis
Abnormal condition of the fungus in the hair.
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Xeroderma
Dry skin (A mild form of cutaneous disorder characterized by keratinization and noninflammatory scaling).
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Biopsy (bx)
View of life (removal of living tissue from the body to be viewed under the microscope)
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Dermatoautoplasty
Surgical repair using one's own skin (skin graft... also called autograft)
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Dermatoheteroplasty
Surgical repair using skin from others. (skin graft...also called allograft)
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Dermatome
Instrument used to cut skin (in thin slices for skin grafts)
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Dermatoplasty
Surgical repair of the skin.
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Onychectomy
Excision of a nail
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Rhytidectomy
Excision of wrinkles (also call facelift).
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Rhytidoplasty
Surgical repair of wrinkles.
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Dermatologist
A physician who studies and treat skin (diseases).
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Dermatology (derm)
Study of the skin (a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of skin diseases)
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Epidermal
Pertaining to upon the skin.
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Erythroderma
Red skin (abnormal redness of the Skin).
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Hypodermic
Pertaining to under the skin.
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Intradermal (ID)
Pretending to within the skin.
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Keratogenic
Originating in horny tissue.
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Necrosis
Abnormal condition of death (cells and tissue die because of disease)
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Percutaneous
Pertaining to through the skin.
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Staphylococcus
Very shaped bacterium in great like clusters these bacteria cause many skin diseases.
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Streptococcus (pl. streptococci)
Berry shaped bacterium in twisted chains.
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Subcutaneous (subcut)
Pertaining to under the skin.
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Transdermal (TD)
Pertaining to through the skin.
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Ungual
Pertaining to the nail.
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Xanthodermal
Yellow skin (also call jaundice).
