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29 Cards in this Set
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Skin |
The body's largest organ |
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Skin Receptors in the dermis allow what: |
To touch and identify things without looking. |
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Function of Skin |
Prevents entry of bacteria that doesn't belong, Prevents water loss, Regulates body temperature. |
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Structure of the skin: |
top layer, Epidermis -> next layer Dermis (inside we have oil glands, hair folicles, -> Final layer is fat. (Lip) subcutaneous, or hypo derma (below the skin) |
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Bi/o |
Life |
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Aut/o |
Self |
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Con/o |
Dust |
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Crypt/o |
Hidden |
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Cutane/o, Derm/o, Dermat/o |
skin |
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Hidr/o |
Sweat |
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Kerat/o |
hard r/t keatin or horny tissue |
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onych/o, ungu/o |
nail |
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seb/o |
sebrum or oil gland |
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Myc/o |
fungus |
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necr/o |
death (of cells) |
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Rhytid |
wrinkles |
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Prefixes Epi |
over, on, upon (epidermis, over the dermis) |
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Prefix intra |
within |
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Para |
around, beside |
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per |
through |
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prefix Sub |
under, below |
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prefix - Trans |
through or across |
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Suffix - Surgical -ectomy |
remove |
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Suffixes - Surgical - Plasty |
repair |
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Suffixes - Surgical Tome |
Instrument used to cut |
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Other -Suffixes ia |
abnormal |
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Other -Suffixes Malacia |
Softening |
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Other -Suffixes Opsy |
to view |
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Paronychia |
The A from papa has been dropped. The final vowe in a prefix may be dropped when the word to which it is added begins with a vowel. P ( par) WR (onych) S(ia) |
