Ch16 Skin (Chabner Language of Medicine 13e)

ABCDE

asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolution

adipocyte

Fat cell

albino

Person with skin deficient in pigment

collagen

Structural protein found in the skin and connective tissue

cuticle

Band of epidermis at the base and sides of the nail plate

epithelium

Layer of skin cells forming the outer and inner surfaces of the body

hair follicle

Sac within which each hair grows

keratin

Hard protein material found in the epidermis, hair, and nails

lunula

Half-moon-shaped, whitish area at the base of a nail

melanin

Skin pigment formed by melanocytes in the epidermis

paronychium

Soft tissue surrounding the nail border

sebum

Oily substance secreted by sebaceous glands

stratum (plural: strata)

A layer (of cells)

adip/o, lip/o

fat

albin/o, leuk/o

white

anthrac/o, melan/o

black

cauter/o

heat, burn

chlor/o

green

cirrh/o

tawny yellow

cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

eosin/o

rosy

erythem/o

redness

erythr/o

red

jaund/o, lute/o, xanth/o

yellow

myc/o

fungus

onych/o, ungu/o

nail

pil/o

hair, hair follicle

poli/o

gray

py/o

pus

squam/o

scale-like

xer/o

dry