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43 Cards in this Set
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albin/o |
white |
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bi/o |
life |
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cry/o |
cold |
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cutane/o |
skin |
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cyan/o |
blue
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derm/o |
skin |
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dermat/o |
skin |
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diaphor/o |
profuse sweating |
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electr/o |
electricity |
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erythr/o |
red |
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hidr/o |
sweat |
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ichthy/o |
scaly, dry |
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kerat/o |
hard, horny |
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leuk/o |
white |
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lip/o |
fat |
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melan/o |
black |
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myc/o |
fungus |
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necr/o |
death |
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onych/o |
nail |
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pedicul/o |
lice |
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phot/o |
light |
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py/o |
pus |
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rhytid/o |
wrinkle |
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scler/o |
hard |
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seb/o |
oil |
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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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-derma |
skin condition |
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-opsy |
view of |
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-tome |
instrument used to cut |
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allo- |
other, different from usual |
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xeno- |
strange, foreign |
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integumentary system |
skin and its accessory organs-sweat glands, sebaceous glands, hair, and nails |
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integument / cutaneous membrane |
alternate terms for skin |
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what serves the skin? |
protecting, housing nerve receptors, secreting fluids, and regulating temperature. |
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pathogens |
disease-causing organisms |
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sensory receptors |
detect temperature, pain, touch, and pressure are located in the skin |
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How are fluids produced? |
by 2 types of skin glands: sweat an sebaceous glands |
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sweat glands |
assist the body in maintaining its internal temperature by creating a cooling effect as sweat evaporates. |
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sebaceous gland or oil glands |
produce an oily substance that lubricates the skin surface |
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3 layers of the skin |
epidermis is the thin, outer membrane layer dermis is the middle, fibrous connective tissue layer subcutaneous layer is the innermost layer, containing fatty tissue |
