Question |
Answer |
adip/o |
fat |
albin/o |
white |
caus/o |
burn, burning |
cauter/o |
heat, burn |
cutane/o |
skin |
dermo/o, dermat/o |
skin |
diaphor/o |
profuse sweating |
erythem/o, erythemat/o |
redness |
hidr/o |
sweat |
ichthy/o |
scaly, dry |
kerat/o |
hard, horny tissue |
leuk/o |
white |
lip/o |
fat |
melan/o |
black |
myc/o |
fungus (fungi include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms) |
onych/o |
nail |
phyt/o |
plant |
pil/o |
hair, hair follicle |
py/o |
pus |
rhytid/o |
wrinkle |
seb/o |
sebum |
squam/o |
scale-like |
steat/o |
fat |
trich/o |
hair |
ungu/o |
nail |
xanth/o |
yellow |
xer/o |
dry |
albin/o |
white |
anthrac/o |
black, coal |
chlor/o |
green |
cirrh/o |
tawny yellow |
cyan/o |
blue |
eosin/o |
rosy |
erythr/o |
red |
jaund/o |
yellow |
leuk/o |
white |
lute/o |
yellow |
melan/o |
black |
poli/o |
grey |
xanth/o |
yellow |
Albino |
person with skin deficient pigment (melanin) |
Apocrine Sweat Gland |
One of the large dermal exocrine glands located in the axilla and genital areas. It secretes sweat that, in action with bacteria, is responsible for human body odor |
Basal |
Deepest region of the epidermis;it gives rise to all the epidermis cells |
Collagen |
Structural protein found in the skin and connective tissue |
Cuticle |
Band of epidermis at the base and sides of the nail plate |
Dermis |
Middle layer of the skin |
Eccrine Sweat Gland |
Most numerous sweat producing exocrine gland in the skin |
epidermis |
outermost layer of the skin |
hair follicle |
sac within which each hair grows |
integumentary system |
the skin and its accessory structures such as hair and nails |
keratin |
hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails, keratin means horn and commonly found in the horns of animals |
lipocyte |
a fat cell |
lunula |
the half moon shaped, whitish area at the base of the nail |
melain |
major skin pigment. It is formd by melanocytes in the epidermis |
paronychium |
soft tissue surrounding the nail border |
pore |
tiny opening on the surface of the skin |
sebaccous gland |
oil-secreting gland in the dermis that is associated with hair follicle |
sebum |
oily substance secreted by sebaceuos glands |
squamous epithemlium |
flat, scale like cells composing the epidermis |
stratified |
arranged inlayers |
stratum |
a layer of cells |
stratum corneum |
outermost layer of epidermis, which consists of flattened, keratinized (horny) cells |
subcutaneous layer |
innermost layer of the skin, containing fat tissue |
crust |
collection of dried serum and cellular debris |
cyst |
thick walled,closed sac or pouch containing fluid or semi-solid material |
erosion |
wearing away or lost of epidermis |
fissure |
groove or crack like sore |
macule |
discolored (often reddened) flat lesion |
nodule |
solid round or oval elevated lesion more than one cm in diameter |
papule |
small less than 1cm in diameter, solid elevation of the skin…pimple |
polyp |
benign growth extending from the surface of mucous membrane |
pustule |
small elevation of the skin containing pus |
ulcer |
open sore on the skin or mucous membrane within the body |
vesicle |
small collection of clear fluid (serum;blister) |
wheal |
smooth, slightly elevated area that is redder or paler than surrounding skin |
alopecia |
absence of hair from areas wear it normally grows |
ecchymosis |
bluish mark or bruise on the skin |
pelechia |
small pinpoint hemorrhage |
pruritus |
itching |
urticaria aka hives |
acute allergic reaction in which red round wheals develop on the skin |
acne |
chronic papular and pustular eruption of the skin with increase production of sebum |
burns |
injury to tissue due to heat contact |
cellulitis |
diffuse, acute infection of the skin marked by local heat, redness, pain and swelling |
eczema |
inflammatory skin disease with erythematous papulovesicular lesions |
exanthematous viral disease |
rash (exanthema) of the skin due to viral infection |
gangrene |
death of tissue associated with loss of blood supply |
impetigo |
bacteria inflammtory skin disease characterized by vesicle pustules and crusted over lesions |
psoriasis |
chronic recurrent dermatosis marked by itching scaly red plaques covered by silvery gray scales |
scabies |
contagious parasitic skin infection with intense pruritis |
scleroderma |
chronic progressive skin disease with hardening and shrinking of connective tissue |
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) |
CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF COLLAGEN IN SKIN JOINTS AND INTEGRAL ORGANS |
tinea |
infection of skin caused by fungus |
vitiligo |
loss of pigment in areas of skin |
callus |
increased growth of cells in keratin layer of the epidermis caused by pressure or frictiion |
keliod |
hypertrophied thickened scar occuring after trauma or surgical incision |
keratosis |
thickened reddening area of epidermis associated with aging or skin damage |
leukoplakia |
white thickened patches on mucous membrane tissue of the tongue or cheek |
nevus |
pigmented lesion of the skin |
verruca |
epidermal growth (wart) caused by a virus |
basal cell carcinoma |
malignant tumor of the basal cell layer of the epidermis |
squamous cell carcinoma |
malignant tumor of the squamous epithelial cells of the epidermis |
Malignat melanoma |
cancerous growth composed of melanocytes |