Chapter 4 Medical Terminology

What are the five functions of the integumentary system

What’s the main purpose of the integumentary system ?

The outermost layer of the skin

What is the bottom layer(Basal layer) of the epidermis?

Cells which produce a dark pigment call melanin

The inner layer of the skin

This layer of skin consists of mainly fat

This is the small fold of the skin above the lower part of the nail

What is the scientific name for cuticle ?

Combining form of nail

any visiable localized abnormality in the skin resulting from injury or disease.

small, raised, solid circumscribed area

Outcome of what happens to the primary lesions

Fresh, early changes to The skin usually caused by trauma or disease

Elevated papule with a defined ridge.

What causes wheals?

Give an example of a Wheal

What are wheals caused by allergic reaction?

What’s another word for bruise ?

A hemorrhage due to extravasion of blood into subcutaneous tissue cannot be palpated but usually darkens skin

The process of a substance leaking outside a vessel into surrounding tissue

Raised solid skin lesion less than 1cm

Give an example of a Papule

Elevated lesion with a well-defined image containing fluid is smaller than a half a centimeter

What’s another word for vesicles?

Superficial, elevated lesion containing pus

What causes pustules to form ?

What’s the medical word for a scar?

paper thin, wasted skin.

Example of atrophy

What’s the medical term for stretch marks ?

superficial inflammation of skin characterized by vesicles, lesions that \”weep and pruritus

yeast infection that occurs in moist, occluded areas of the skin and mucous membranes.

What’s another name for eczema ?

inflammation of the hair follicle. It can be superficial, deep, acute or chronic.

What’s the combining form of follicle ?

inflammatory scaly disease of the face and scalp.

What is seborrheic dermatitis called when it happens to new borns?

itching

fungus

What does X represent when tinea is written as \”Tinea X\”?

fungal infection of scalp

What’s a another name for tinea capititis?

fungal infection that occurs mainly on the genitalia and upper legs in males, particularly in warm weather

What’s another name for tinea cruris?

fungal infection of the foot

What’s another name for tinea pedis?

abnormal condition of fungus of the nails

lice infestation

parasitic infection caused by mites that cause an itchy, papular rash.

These are a \”category\” of viruses that cause a specific type of rash (exanthem).

What’re some examples of exanthematous diseases?

This virus causes fever blisters, fever sores, herpetic stomatitis and keratitis

inflammation of cornea

This virus causes genital herpes

acute, painful rash caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus.

What’s another name for herpes zoster?

What’s the virus that causes shingles and chicken pox?

Contagious, common epithelial growths found primarily on hands, feet, legs, and face.

What causes verrcua?

What’s another name verruca

abnormal condition of excessive hairiness

common, chronic skin condition characterized by circumscribed salmon red patches covered by thick, dry, silvery scales due to excessive development of skin cells.

This is a mass of horny, condensed epithelial tissue that is over a bone prominence.

What’s the cause of corns ?

What’s the root word of hard, horny ?

inflammation, sore, or erosion of skin over a bony prominence; usually seen in debilitated patients who are immobilized.

A condition of a lack of pigmentation in the skin due to malfunctioning melanocytes.

What’s the combining form for white?

Injuries caused by heat, radiation, chemicals or electricity

How’s the severity measured in burns?

Only the epidermis is damaged.

Describe the symptoms of a first-degree scars

The epidermis and dermis are damaged.

Describe the symptoms of a 2nd degree burn

The epidermis, dermis and hypodermis/subcutaneous layer are damaged

Describe the third-degree burn symptoms

Are you likely to get a scar once a third degree burn heals?

This is a birthmark or a mole.

When should you begin to worry about a mole or birthmark?

Soft, pedunculated (they have a little \”foot\”) lesions that are an outgrowth of the epidermal and dermal layers.

What’s another name for acrochordons?

examination of living tissue

Break down the word biopsy ( give the prefix, word root, & suffix)’

Repeated removal and microscopic examination of layers of a tumor until no cancerous cells are present.

What is eschar?

What may occur in inflammatory and infectious diseases, or as the result of a burn?

What’s another name for eschar?

an incision to cut and remove eschar (the scab that forms over a burn- its the dried serum, blood and or pus).

Why is it sometimes mandatory that you may have to move an Eschar?

Lack of blood flow

This is the most common form of skin cancer; they occur in the stratum germinativum

What’re common areas where Basal Cell Carcinoma found ?

It is the process of removing dirt, foreign bodies, damaged tissue, and cellular debris from a wound or burn in order to prevent infection and promote healing.

What’s the first step in wound treatment?

This cancerous tumor is the result of mutated melanocytes, and is the deadliest form of skin cancer.

U.V. lighting used to detect tinea capitis or pseudomonas in burns