MED TERM: INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

number of layers of skin

number of layers of skin

3

adip/o

fat

-al

pertaining to

albus-

white

ante-

before

bulla

large blister

cutane/o

skin

cyano-

blue

dermat/o

skin

dermis

middle layer of skin

dys-

difficult; painful; abnormal

epi-

upon; over

hidr/o

sweat

hypo-

below; under

ker

horn

kerat/o

horn; horn-like

macule

freckle

melanin

pigment that gives skin its color

myc/o

fungus

nulli-

none; zero

onych/o

nails

-otomy

surgically making an incision

pil/o

hair

polio-

gray

steat/o

fat

stratum corneum

outermost layer of the epidermis

subcutaneous

hypodermis

subcutaneous layer

contains half of the body’s stored fat

tegere

to cover; integumentary

xer/o

dry