Integumentary System Diagram | Quizlet

adip/o

fat

albin/o

white

caus/o

burning, burn

cauter/o

heat, burn

cutane/o

skin (subcutaneous)

derm/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

erythem/o

redness

erythemat/o; erythr/o

redness

hidr/o

sweat

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

kerat/o

hard

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

onych/o

nail

pil/o

hair, hair follicle

py/o

pus

rhythid/o

wrinkle

seb/o

sebum

squam/o

scale-like

steat/o

fat

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

xanth/o

yellow

xer/o

dry

-ant

pertaining to

-derma

skin

-lysis

loosening, destruction

-oma

tumor

-ose

pertaining to, full of

-osis

abnormal condition

-ous

pertaining to

-plakia

plaque

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-us

pertaining to

auto-

self

an-

without

de-

down

ec-

out, outside

hyper-

excessive, above normal

hypo-

under, below normal

intra-

within

par-

around, beside

sub-

under, below

anthrac/o

black

Chlor/o

green

cirrh/o

yellow

cyan/o

blue (cyanosis)

eosin/o

rosy red; rosy

erythr/o

red

jaund/o

yellow

Poli/o

gray

Polyp

growth extending from the surface of mucous membrane

pustule

elevation of skin containing pus

scale

dried fragments of the epidermis layer of the skin

scar

A mark on the skin that is left after a cut or other wound has healed.

papule

pimple

Macule

flat, colored spot on the skin

plaque

a raised flat lesion

Lichenfication

Thickening of skin caused by chronic scratching

wheal

hive, a raised area of the skin caused by allergy

fissure

crevice that has a crack in the skin

ulcer

open sore

TERM

Epidermis

DEFINITION

Superficial outermost layer of skin

TERM

Dermis

DEFINITION

Middle and thickest layer of skin