Medical Careers Chapter 4: Integumentary System

Front 1

epidermis

Back 1

outer layer of skin

Front 2

keratin

Back 2

horny, or cornified layer composed of protein (p.65)

Front 3

melanin

Back 3

color, or pigmentation of the skin

Front 4

dermis
"true skin"

Back 4

inner layer of skin

Front 5

sudoriferous glands
"sweat glands"

Back 5

tiny, coiled, tubular structures that emerge throught pores on the skin's surface and secrete sweat

Front 6

sebaceous glands

Back 6

secrete sebum (oil) into the hair folicles where the hair shafts pass through the dermis

Front 7

hair

Back 7

compressed keratinized cells that arise from hair folicles; the sacs the enclose the hair fibers

Front 8

nails

Back 8

originate in the epidermis. Nails are found on the upper surface of the ends of the fingers and toes

Front 9

Lunula
-OR-
moon

Back 9

the white area at the base of the nail

Front 10

cutane/o
derm/o
dermat/o

Back 10

skin

Front 11

hidr/o

Back 11

sweat

Front 12

kerat/o

Back 12

horny tissue, hard

Front 13

onych/o,
ungu/o

Back 13

nail

Front 14

seb/o

Back 14

sebum (oil)

Front 15

trich/o

Back 15

hair

Front 16

aut/o

Back 16

self

Front 17

bi/o

Back 17

life

Front 18

coni/o

Back 18

dust

Front 19

crypt/o

Back 19

hidden

Front 20

heter/o

Back 20

other

Front 21

myc/o

Back 21

fungus

Front 22

necr/o

Back 22

death (cells, body)

Front 23

pachy/o

Back 23

thick

Front 24

rhytid/o

Back 24

wrinkles

Front 25

staphyl/o

Back 25

grape-like cluster

Front 26

strept/o

Back 26

twisted chains

Front 27

xer/o

Back 27

dry

Front 28

epi-

Back 28

on, upon, over

Front 29

intra-

Back 29

within

Front 30

para-

Back 30

beside, beyond, around

Front 31

per-

Back 31

through

Front 32

sub-

Back 32

under, below

Front 33

-coccus

Back 33

berry-shaped

Front 34

-ectomy

Back 34

excision or surgical removal

Front 35

-ia

Back 35

diseased or abnormal state, condition of

Front 36

-itis

Back 36

inflammation

Front 37

-malacia

Back 37

softening

Front 38

-opsy

Back 38

view of, viewing

Front 39

-phagia

Back 39

eating or swallowing

Front 40

-plasty

Back 40

surgical repair

Front 41

-rrhea

Back 41

flow, excessive discharge

Front 42

-tome

Back 42

instrument used to cut

Front 43

dermatitis

Back 43

inflammation of the skin

Front 44

dermatoconiosis

Back 44

abnormal condition of the skin caused by dust

Front 45

dermatofibroma

Back 45

fibrous tumor of the skin

Front 46

hidradenitis

Back 46

inflammation of the sweat gland

Front 47

leiodermia

Back 47

condition of smooth skin

Front 48

onychocryptosis

Back 48

abnormal condition of a hidden nail (ingrown nail)

Front 49

onychomalacia

Back 49

softening of the nails

Front 50

onychomycosis

Back 50

abnormal condition of a fungus in the nails

Front 51

onychophagia

Back 51

eating the nails (nails biting)

Front 52

pachyderma

Back 52

thickening of the skin

Front 53

paronychia

Back 53

diseased state around the nail

Front 54

seborrhea

Back 54

excessive discharge in sebum

Front 55

trichomycosis

Back 55

ebnormal contition of a fungus in the hair

Front 56

xeroderma

Back 56

dry skin

Front 57

abrasion

Back 57

scraping away of the skin by mechanical process or injury

Front 58

abscess

Back 58

localized collection of puss

Front 59

acne

Back 59

inflamatory disease of the skin involving the sebaceous glands and hair folicles