Week 2

Front 1

Neur/o

Back 1

Nerve

Front 2

Endocrin/o

Back 2

Control of glands

Front 3

Aden/o

Back 3

Glands

Front 4

Hemat/o

Hem/o

Back 4

Blood

Front 5

Vascul/o

Back 5

Blood vessels

Front 6

Follicul/o

Back 6

Hair follicles

Front 7

Lip/o

Back 7

Adipose tissue

Fat

Front 8

Outer epidermis

Back 8

Mostly dead, flattened cells full of protein keratin

Front 9

Keratin/o

Back 9

Keratin

Front 10

Seb/o

Back 10

Oils

Front 11

Dermis

Back 11

Less dense, and allows passage of capillaries and nerve endings

Front 12

Arrector pili

Back 12

Muscle attached to base of every hair follicle

Cause "goosebumps"

Front 13

Trich/o

Back 13

Hair

Front 14

Goosebumps

Any small, raised, solide pimple or swelling, often forming part of a rash

Back 14

Papules

Front 15

Merocrine glands

Back 15

Open in follicle, deep in dermis.

Salts and waste, no odor, respond to elevated temperature / exercise.

Forehead, neck, back.

Front 16

Apocrine glands

Back 16

Open in surface.

Secrete oil and cellular debris, odor at secretion. Respond to stress / emotion.

Armpit and groin

Front 17

Type of papule

Painful (bee sting)

Back 17

Wheals

Front 18

Type of papule

Swollen with puss (acne)

Back 18

Pustules

Front 19

Type of papule

Slightly darker raised areas (scars)

Back 19

Keloids

Front 20

Type of papule

Warts

Back 20

Verrucas

Front 21

Viral cause

Back 21

Virogenic

Front 22

Mysterious cause

Back 22

Idiopathic

Front 23

Epidermal keratin layer of skin

Back 23

Pach/y

Front 24

Wrinkles

Back 24

Rhtyid/o

Front 25

Dryness

Back 25

Xer/o

Front 26

Burn

Back 26

Eschar

Front 27

Cancers of the skin

Back 27

Dermatocarcinoma

Front 28

Involves all 3 layers of the skin (epidermis, dermis, & subcutaneous), life-threatening systemic shock, and a very slow painful healing process. Requires debridement and grafts

Back 28

3rd degree burn

Front 29

General redness of skin

Back 29

Erythema

Front 30

Pinpoints of redness on skin

Back 30

Petechia

Front 31

Itchiness

Back 31

Pruritis

Front 32

Surgical removal of wrinkles

Back 32

Rhytidoplasty

Front 33

Skin of a bluish tone

Back 33

Cyanotic

Front 34

Softening of the nails

Back 34

Onychomalacia

Front 35

Abnormal distribution of keratin in the nail

Back 35

Onychokeratosis

Front 36

Silvery white flakes on skin

Back 36

Leukoplakia

Front 37

Nail-splitting

Back 37

Onychoschizia

Front 38

Nail-biting

Back 38

Onychophagia

Front 39

Abnormal growth, usually within intestines

Back 39

Polyp

Front 40

Surgical removal of polyps

Back 40

Polypectomy

Front 41

Procedure to reset a structure in its original (or intended) position.

Suffix

Back 41

-pexy

Front 42

Surgery for a deviated nasal septum

Back 42

Septopexy

Front 43

Any surgery involving a cutting instrument

Suffix

Back 43

-tome

Front 44

An open wound, often resembling a pit or crater

Back 44

Ulcer

Front 45

Infestation with lice

Back 45

Pediculosis

Front 46

Southern tick associated rash syndrome

Back 46

STARS

Front 47

Pertaining to the whole system

Back 47

Pansystemic

Front 48

Excessive growth

Back 48

Hypertropic

Front 49

Cancer that has spread from its original site

Back 49

Metastasis

Front 50

A confines (benign) tumor

Back 50

Encapsulated

Front 51

Cancer from connective tissue (including bone or cartilage)

Back 51

Sarcoma

Front 52

Cancer from the skin

Back 52

Epithelioma

Front 53

Cancer from a gland

Back 53

Adenoma

Front 54

Cancer from adipose tissue

Back 54

Lipoma