integumentary system

Question 1

functions of skin

Answer 1

protect against injury, protect against bacterial invasion, protect against ultraviolet light dame, prevent water loss, aid in camouflage and sexual displays, detect pain, touch, and pressure

Question 2

dermat/o, derm/o, cor/o, cutane/o

Answer 2

skin

Question 3

melan/o

Answer 3

black/dark

Question 4

herat/o

Answer 4

hard/hornlike

Question 5

onych/o

Answer 5

claw, nail

Question 6

cornu/o

Answer 6

horn

Question 7

lip/o, adip/o

Answer 7

fat

Question 8

pil/o, trich/o

Answer 8

hair

Question 9

follicul/o

Answer 9

follicle

Question 10

sebac/o, seb/o

Answer 10

oil, sebum

Question 11

subor/o, hidr/o

Answer 11

sweat

Question 12

hydr/o

Answer 12

water

Question 13

sebaceous glands

Answer 13

sebum

Question 14

sudoriferous glands

Answer 14

sweat

Question 15

anal glands

Answer 15

odor

Question 16

abrasion

Answer 16

skin scrape

Question 17

abscess

Answer 17

collection of pus

Question 18

alopecia

Answer 18

loss of hair

Question 19

carbuncle

Answer 19

group of furuncles in adjacent hairs

Question 20

cicatrix

Answer 20

a scar

Question 21

ecchymosis

Answer 21

bruise

Question 22

epithelium

Answer 22

cells the cover body surface

Question 23

eschar

Answer 23

scab

Question 24

excoriate

Answer 24

scratch

Question 25

fissure

Answer 25

crack-line lesion in the skin

Question 26

furuncle

Answer 26

boil or skin abscess

Question 27

granulation tissue

Answer 27

new tissue to fill in wound

Question 28

keloid

Answer 28

overgrowth of scar

Question 29

laceration

Answer 29

rough or jagged skin tear

Question 30

palliative

Answer 30

treating symptom, not curing cause

Question 31

papule

Answer 31

small elevation, does not contain pus

Question 32

petechia

Answer 32

tiny ecchymosis

Question 33

plaque

Answer 33

a raised flat papule

Question 34

proud flesh

Answer 34

overgrowth of granulation tissue

Question 35

pruritus

Answer 35

itching

Question 36

purulent

Answer 36

containing pus

Question 37

sepsis

Answer 37

systemic inflammatory response

Question 38

signalment

Answer 38

a detailed description

Question 39

suppurate

Answer 39

to produce pus

Question 40

topical

Answer 40

applied to surface of the body

Question 41

tumor

Answer 41

a mass or swelling

Question 42

ulcer

Answer 42

a crater like lesion of the skin

Question 43

wheal

Answer 43

elevated papule, caused by edema

Question 44

a-

Answer 44

without, no

Question 45

an-

Answer 45

not

Question 46

bi-

Answer 46

life

Question 47

circum-

Answer 47

around

Question 48

pachy-

Answer 48

think

Question 49

para-

Answer 49

near, beside, abnormal, apart from

Question 50

-phyte

Answer 50

abnormal pathological growth

Question 51

aut/o

Answer 51

self

Question 52

bi/o

Answer 52

life

Question 53

cyst/o

Answer 53

sac containing fluid

Question 54

necr/o

Answer 54

death

Question 55

nod/o

Answer 55

knot

Question 56

papul/o

Answer 56

pimple, <1cm

Question 57

purpur/o

Answer 57

purple

Question 58

py/o

Answer 58

pus

Question 59

vesicul/o

Answer 59

blister, small sac

Question 60

xer/o

Answer 60

dry

Question 61

-tomy

Answer 61

surgical incision

Question 62

-stomy

Answer 62

surgical creation of new opening

Question 63

-ectomy

Answer 63

surgical removal

Question 64

-plasty

Answer 64

surgical repair

Question 65

-rrhaphy

Answer 65

suture

Question 66

-pexy

Answer 66

surgical fixation

Question 67

-centesis

Answer 67

surgical puncture

Question 68

-graphy

Answer 68

method of recording

Question 69

-graph

Answer 69

instrument used to record

Question 70

-gram

Answer 70

written record produced

Question 71

-scope

Answer 71

instrument of examining