HLTH 354 TAMU Chapter 3 – Flashcards
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Integumentary System
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dermatology
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Subjective
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patient history, problems, and complaints
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Objective
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observation and discovery
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Assessment
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diagnosis and pathology
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Plan
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treatment and therapies
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Most common issue
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new rash
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Dermatalgia/Dermatodynia
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painful rash
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Pruritus
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itchy rash (latin for itching)
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Urticaria
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hives
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Sebirrhea
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oily secretion
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Xerosis
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dry skin
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Macerate
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wet skin
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Hyperhydrosis
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too much sweat
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Anhidrosis
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not enough sweat
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Depigmentations
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loss of pigment
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Hypermelanosis
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darkening of the skin - over black
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Albinism
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lacking of pigment altogether (white/condition)
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Alopecia
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hair loss or baldness (from greek for fox)
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Hypertrichosis
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too mich hair
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Abrasion
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scarping away of skin (away/scrape)
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Comedo
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a hair follicle that is plugged with sebum (black head/white head) (latin for to eat up)
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Cyanidrosis
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blue sweat
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Erythema
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redness
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Erythroderma
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red skin - emphasis on ry and der
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Hidropolesis
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formation of sweat
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Hyperpigmentation
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excessive pigment in the skin
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hypohidrosis
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no sweat
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Hypomelanosis
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diminished melanin in the skin
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Hypopigmentation
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diminished pigment in the skin
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Rhytidermia
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wrinkled skin - combined d
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Sebopoiesis
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emohasis on the e - formation of oil (sebum)
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Trichomegaly
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abnormally thick hair
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Urticaria
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swollen raised itchy areas of the skin (latin for burning nettle)
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Xanthoderma
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emphasis on der - yellow skin
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Hematidrosis
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blood sweat condition
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Epidermis
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outermost layer of skin
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Squamous cells
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scaly appearance of the epidermis
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Dermis
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layer under the epidermis - thicker, fewer cells, thicker fibers for strength and flexibility, hair follicles, nerves, and glands
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Hair follicles
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roots of the hair (pilo/tricho)
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Dermis nerves
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detect fine pressure, deep pressure, temperature, and pain
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Skin
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largest sensory organ in the body
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Two types of gland (release fluids)
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sweat glands (hidro) release waste and cool the body - sebaceous glands (sebaceo) secrete oil as a natural moisturizer for skin and hair
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Nails (keratin)
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onycho/unguo - protect and provide a good base for movement
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Fatty food
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adipo/lipo/steato
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itis
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inflammation
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Perioral Dermatitis
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earned the mouth skin inflammation
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Desquamation
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latin for removing the scales from a fish - like a peeling sunburn
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ichthyo
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scaliness
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kerato
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hardness/horniness
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pachyo
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thickness
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xero
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dryness
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rhytido
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wrinkled
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leuko
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whiteness
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erythro
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redness - red sea was known as the Erythraen sea
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xantho
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yellowness - axanthopsia is inability to see yellow
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melano
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blackness
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crypto
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hidden - onychocryptosis is an ingrown toenail
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Centrifugal
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crashed that spread from the middle out
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Centripetal
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crashed that spread from the outside in
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papules
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small bumps under 1 cm
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nodules
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bumps over 1 cm
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plaqes
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flat plateau bumps
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vesicles
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filled with clear fluid
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pustules
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filled with pus
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macule/macula (freckle)
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small, flat discolored area - latin for spot
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patch (vitiligo)
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larger, flat discolored area
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papule
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small solid mass
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plaque
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solid mass on the surface of the skin
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nodule
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solid mass that extends deer into the skin
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tumor
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larger solid mass
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vesicle
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smaller blister (bladder/little)
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bulla
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larger blister
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putule
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pus-filled blister
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abscess
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localized collection of pus in the body
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erosion
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loss of skin (away/eat)
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ulcer
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a sore
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excoriation
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a scratch
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fissure
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a crack in the skin
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scale
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skin flaking off
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crust
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dried substance on the skin - blood or puss
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vascular lesion
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wounds related to blood vessels
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cherry angioma
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smaller blood vessel tumor
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telangiectasia
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over expansion of the end of a blood vessel - spider angioma
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petechia
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small bruise
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ecchymosis
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larger bruise
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cicatrix (plural cicatrices)
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scar
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keloid
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overgrowth of scar tissue (tumor/resembling)
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keratosis
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horny tissue condition
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necrosis
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tissue death
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onychia
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nail condition
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onycholysis
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loss of a nail
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onychomalacia
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abnormal softening of a nail
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onychopathy
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nail disease
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onychophagia
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eating (biting) the nail
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paronychia
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condition of tissue around the nail
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steatoma
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fatty fumor
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xanthoma
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yellow tumor
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pachyderma
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touch skin
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impetigo
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small yellow crust - high contagious bacterial infection of the skin
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cellulitis
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invades deeper layers of skin - bacterial
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hidradenitis
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bacterial infection - inflammation of sweat glands
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acne
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bacterial infection in the sebaceous glands
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onychomycosis
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fungal infections in the nails
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dermatitis
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general term for skin inflammation that does not indicate its cause
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actinic dermatitis
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skin condition related to sun exposure - sunburn keratosis is the precancerous condition - horny skin
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seborrheic dermatitis
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scaly red rash common in infants and old people
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tumors related to sun exposure
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basal cell carcinoma, melanomas, and squamous cell carcinoma
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basal cell carcinoma
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most common skin cancer - often round, fishy colored, pearly nodule- cancerous tumor os basal skin cells
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melanoma
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cancer of pigment producing cells - responsible for most deaths, brown
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Squamous call carcinoma
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begins as a small papule --> ulcer
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atopic dermatitis
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very sensitive skin / unusual inflammation- common in people with allergies and asthma
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Ichthyosis
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skin becomes very thick and scaly
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decubitus ulcer
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bed sore - large erosion of skin from being under constant pressure
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dermatosis
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skin condition
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dermopathy
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skin disease
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eczema
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red itchy rash that can weep/ooze, then become crusted/scaly - greek for boil over
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hypertrichosis
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excessive growth of hair
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ichthyosis
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skin is dry and scaly
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postpartum alopecia
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baldness after pregnancies
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sclerodermatitis
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inflammation of the skin with thickening/hardening
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scleronychia
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thickening/hardening of the nails
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xanthosis
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yellowing of skin
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hidradenoma
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tumor of the sweat gland
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malignant cutaneous neoplasm
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harmful new formation of skin tissue (like skin cancer)
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malignant melanoma
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harmful tumor of melanin cells
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acne vulgaris
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inflammation of the skin follicles
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dermatomycosis
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fungal skin infections
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mycodermatitis
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inflammation caused by fungus
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onychodystrophy
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poor nourishment/development of nails
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trychomycosis
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fungal condition of the hair
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dermatoconiosis
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skin condition caused by dirt
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steatitis
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inflammation of a fatty tumor
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epidermal
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pertaining to the skin
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hypodermic
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pertaining to beneath the skin
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intradermal
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inside the skin
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subcutaneous
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beneath the skin
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chemosurgery
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removal of tissue that has been destroyed using chemicals
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chemotherapy
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treatment using chemicals
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cryosurgery
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destruction of tissue through freezing
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dermabrasion
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rubbing/scraping away the outer surface of skin
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electrocauterization
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using electricity to destroy tissue by burning it
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electrodesiccation
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using electricity to destroy tissue by drying it - desiccation
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incision and drainage (I&D)
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to cut into a wound and allow trapped infected liquid to drain
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autograft
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skin transplant taken from a different place on the patient's body
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homograft (allograft)
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skin transplant taken from another remember of the same species
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heterograft (different)/xenograft (foreign)
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skin transplant taken from a species other than the patient's
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anesthetic
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drug that temporarily blocks sensation
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antibiotic
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drug that destroys/opposes growth of microorganisms
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antihistamine
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drug that opposes the effects of histamine
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antipruritic
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drug that prevents or relieves itching
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antiseptic
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drug that prevents sepsis (rotting of flesh) by killing microorganisms
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ABCDE
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asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving
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AK
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actinic keratosis
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BCC
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basal cell carcinoma
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Bx
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biopsy
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C&S
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culture and sensitivity
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deeub
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decubitus ulcer
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derm
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dermatology
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EAHF
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eczema, asthma, hay fever
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FS
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frozen section
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ID
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intradermal
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SC/SQ/subcut
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subcutaneous
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SCC
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squamous cell carcinoma
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TD
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transdermal
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XP
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xeroderma pigmentosa
