Skin... It's what we are living in! | Skin Lesions | Skin Disorders | Combining Forms Don't Scare Me | Scary Combining Forms | Burns and Skin Grafts |
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What are sudoriferous glands?
Glands that produce sweat
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What is a macule?
The medical term for a freckle
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What is a first degree burn?
A burn that damages only the epidermis
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What is melan/o?
The combining form for black
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What is sudor/o or hidr/o?
The combining form sweat.
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What is an autograft?
Skin graft taken from part of one's own body and placed on another part of their body.
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What is keratin ?
Name for the hard protein material that gives the waterproof characteristic to our skin.
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What is an abscess?
A localized collection of pus at the site of infection.
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What is tinea?
A fungal infection on the skin (also called ringworm)
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What is adip/o, lip/o, or steat/o?
One of the combining forms for fat
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What is scler/o?
The combining form for hardening.
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What is xenograft or heterograft?
Skin graft taken from a foreign/strange donor and placed on a human.
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What is the basal layer?
The deepest layer of the epidermis
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What is an open comedo?
Another term for a blackhead
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What is psoriasis?
Skin condition in which the epidermal cells produce faster than the normal rate leaving round red patches with thick, dry silver scales.
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What is ichthy/o?
The combining form for dry, scaly
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What is myc/o?
The combining form for fungus.
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What is homograft or allograft?
Skin taken from one human being and placed on another human being.
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What is melanin?
This black pigment is found in the basal layer of the epidermis and protects us from skin cancer causing UV radiation.
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What is a wart?
Another name for a verruca
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What is vitiligo?
Milky white patches on skin due to loss of skin pigment in patches.
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What is pil/o and trich/o ?
Both of the combining forms for hair
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What is xer/o?
The combining form for dry.
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What is synthetic?
Man made skin graft placed on a human being.
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What is sebum?
This substance is acidic in nature and helps destroy harmful bacteria on the skin
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What is a carbuncle ?
The medical term for multiple abscesses or furuncles that originates in a hair follicle.
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What is basal cell carcinoma?
Name of the skin cancer that starts in the basal layer of the epidermis. It is slow growing and rarely metastasizes.
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What is onych/o and ungu/o?
Both of the combining forms for nail
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What is xen/o?
The combining form for foreign, strange.
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What are third degree burns?
Burns that damage the epidermis and dermis and can extend down into the bone or muscle.
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What is petechiae?
Small pinpoint hemorrhages under the skin
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