Integumentary System Flashcards
1
Q
adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
A
Fat
2
Q
Carcin/o
A
Cancer
3
Q
Cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o
A
Skin
4
Q
Cyan/o
A
Blue
5
Q
Hidr/o, sudor/o
A
Sweat
6
Q
Hydr/o
A
Water
7
Q
ichthy/o
A
Dry,scaly
8
Q
Kerat/o
A
Horny tissue; hard: cornea
9
Q
Melan/o
A
Black
10
Q
Myc/o
A
Fungus
11
Q
onych/o
A
Nail
12
Q
Path/o
A
Disease
13
Q
Pil/o, trich/o
A
Hair
14
Q
Scler/o
A
Hardening, sclera (white of eye)
15
Q
Seb/o
A
Sebum, sebaceous
16
Q
Squam/o
A
Scale
17
Q
Vascul/o
A
Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
18
Q
xanth/o
A
Yellow
19
Q
xen/o
A
Foreign, strange
20
Q
xer/o
A
Dry
21
Q
-cele
A
Hernia, swelling
22
Q
-cyte
A
Cell
23
Q
-derma
A
Skin
24
Q
-ectomy
A
Excision, removal
25
-itis
Inflammation
26
-logist
Specialist in the study of
27
-logy
Study of
28
-malacia
Softening
29
-oma
Tumor
30
-osis
Abdnormal condition
31
-pathy
Disease
32
-phoresis
Carrying, transmission
33
-plasia
Formation, growth
34
-plasty
Surgical repair
35
-ptosis
Prolapse, downward displacement
36
-therapy
Treatment
37
-tome
Instrument to cut
38
-tomy
Incision
39
an-
Without, not
40
anti-
Against
41
bi-
Two
42
epi-
Above, on
43
Hyper-
Excessive, above normal
44
Hypo-
Under, below, deficient
45
Inter-
Between
46
Intra-
In, within
47
Para-
Near, beside, beyond
48
Sub-
Under, below
