Medical Terminology Ii Chapter 16

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The skin and its accessory structures (hair and nails)

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Integumentary system

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Four functions of skin

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Protects (membrane), lubricates & cools (sebum & sweat), receptor for sensations, maintains temperature (thermoregulation)

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Outermost layer of skin consisting of squamous epithelium

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Epidermis

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Middle layer of the skin; dense, fibrous connective tissue

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Dermis or Corium

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Innermost layer of the skin, contains fat tissue

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Subcutaneous tissue

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two functions of hair

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Sensory, thermoregulation

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Cells filled with hard protein, keratin

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Hair cells

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Shaft that holds hair; sac within which each hair grows

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Hair Follicle

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Hard keratin plates covering toes and fingers

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Nails

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Two types of skin glands

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Sebaceous, sweat

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Fat cell

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Adipocyte

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Person with skin deficient in pigment

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Albino

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One of the largest dermal exocrine glands located in the axilla and genital areas

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Apocrine sweat gland

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Deepest region of the epidermis; gives rise to all the epidermal cells; contains melanocytes

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Basal layer

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Structural protein found in the skin and connective tissue

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Collagen

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Band of epidermis at the base and sides of the nail plate

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Cuticle

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Most numerous sweat - producing exocrine gland in skin

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Eccrine sweat gland

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Layer of skin cells forming the outer and inner surfaces of the body

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Epithelium

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Hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails

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Keratin

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Half - moon shaped, whitish area at the base of a nail

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Lunula

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Skin pigment formed by melanocytes in the epidermis; protects living skin layers from further exposure to UV rays

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Melanin

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Soft tissue surrounding the nail border

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Paronychium

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Tiny opening on the surface of the skin

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Pore

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Oil - secreting gland in the dermis that is associated with hair follicles

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Sebaceous gland

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Oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands

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Sebum

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Flat, scale - like cells composing the epidermis

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Squamous epithelium

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Arranged in layers

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Stratified

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A layer (of cells)

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Stratum (plural strata)

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Outermost layer of the epidermis; consists of flattened, keratinized cells

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Stratum corneum

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Adip/o

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Fat

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Albin/o

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White

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Caus/o

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Burn, burning

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Cauter/o

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Heat, burn

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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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Diaphor/o

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Profuse sweating

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Erythem/o, erythemat/o

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Redness

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Hidr/o

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Sweat

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Ichthy/o

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Scaly, dry

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Kerat/o

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Hard, horny tissue

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Leuk/o

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White

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Lip/o

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Fat

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Melan/o

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Black

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Onych/o

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Nail

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Phyt/o

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Plant

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Pil/o

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Hair, hair follicle

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Py/o

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Pus

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Rhythid/o

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Wrinkle

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Seb/o

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Sebum

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Squam/o

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Scale - like

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Steat/o

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Fat

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Trich/o

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Hair

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Ungu/o

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Nail

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Anthrac/o

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Black

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Chlor/o

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Green

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Cirrh/o

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Yellow

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Eosin/o

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Rosy

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Jaund/o

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Yellow

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Lute/o

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Yellow

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Poli/o

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Gray

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Pus- filled cutaneous lesion

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Pustule

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Smooth, edematous, reddish papule or plaque

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Wheal

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Fluid or semisolid thick - walled filled sac

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Cyst

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Clear fluid, blister

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Vesicle

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Dried serum and cellular debris

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Crust (scab)

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benign growth extending from mucous membrane surface

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Polyp

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Discolored, flat cutaneous lesion

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Macule

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Wearing away, loss of epidermis

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Erosion

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Solid, elevated mass, more than 1 cm

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Nodule

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Slit or groove

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Fissure

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Open sore on skin or mucous membrane

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Ulcer

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Small solid elevation pimple or plaque

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Papule

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The absence of hair where it normally grows

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Alopecia

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Obsessive hair - pulling

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Trichotillomania

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Blue - black marks on the skin

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Ecchymosis (bruise)

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Small, pinpoint hemorrhage

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Petechia

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Itching

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Pruritus

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An acute allergic reaction with red, round wheals on the skin

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Urticaria (hives)

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Papular and pustular eruption of skin with increased production of sebum

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Acne

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Blackhead

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Comedo

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A diffuse infection of the skin

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Cellulitis

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Inflammation of the skin with erythematous and papulovesicular lesions caused by allergy

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Eczema (atopic dermatitis)

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A rash due to a virus (for example rubella)

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Exanthematous viral disease

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The death of tissue with loss of blood supply

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Gangrene

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Contagious pyoderma caused by staph or strep

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Impetigo

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Chronic recurrent dermatosis with silver gray scales that itch

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Psoriasis

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Parasitic (tiny mites) and infectious pruritis

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Scabies

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Chronic and progressive disease of the skin with hardening of connective tissue

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Scleroderma

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An inflammatory disease of collagen in the skin, joints, and internal organs

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Systemic Lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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infection of the skin caused by fungus

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Tinea

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Tinea corporis

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Ringworm

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Tinea unguium

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Nail fungus

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Loss of pigment in areas of the skin causing milk - white patches

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Vitiligo

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An increased growth of cells in keratin layer of epidermis due to friction against the skin

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Callus

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Hypertrophied thickened scar after trauma or surgery

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Keloid

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Thickened area of epidermis

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Keratosis

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White, thickened patches on tongue or cheek

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Leukoplakia

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Pigmented lesion

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Nevus (plural nevi)

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Warts caused by virus

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Verruca

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Malignant tumor of the basal cell layer of the epidermis

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Basal cell carcinoma

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Malignant tumor of the squamous epthelial cells of the epidermis

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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ABCDs of malignant melanoma

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Asymmetry, Border (irregular or circumscribed), Color variation, Diameter (usually larger than 6 mm)

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Malignant, vascular, neoplastic growth characterised by cutaneous nodules

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Kaposi sarcoma

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pus or fluid samples are examined to detect microorganisms

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Bacterial analyses

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Scrapings for culture and microscopic examination after treatment with KOH

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Fungal tests

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Destroy tissue with subzero temperatures using liquid nitrogen

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Cryosurgery

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Scrape lesion with sharp curet (scalpel)

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Currettage

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Destroy tissue by burning with electric spark

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Electrodessication

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Removes thin layers of growth to examine under a microscope (basal and squamous cell)

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Mohs surgery

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Punch and shave to remove for examination in pathology lab

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Skin biopsy

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Test reaction of body to allergens via scratch or patch tests

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Skin tests

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Bx

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Biopsy

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Psoralen- ultraviolet A (light therapy for psoriasis

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PUVA

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-algia

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Pain

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-derma

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Skin

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-esis

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Condition

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-lysis

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Breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening

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-ose

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Full of, pertaining to, sugar

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-osis

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Condition, usually abnormal

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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-plakia

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Plaque

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-plasty

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Surgical repair

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-rrhea

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Flow, discharge

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Epidermis does not contain...

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blood, lymphatic vessels, or connective tissue

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Dead epithelial cells filled with keratin that slough off in 3 to 4 weeks

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Horny cells

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Layer directly below the stratum corneum that continuously produces new cells to replace worn - off cells

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Stratum germinativum

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Prevents drying of the skin of the eardrum and ear canal

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Cerumen

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Infestation of lice

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Pediculosis