Skin Anatomy
Name the outer skin layer and the layer directly beneath it.
What are the epidermis and dermis?
Give the meanings of dermat/o, melan/o, and adip/o.
What are skin, black or dark pigment, and fat?
Give the medical terms for hair loss and itching.
What are alopecia and pruritus?
Correct these spellings: EPIDERMUS and INTEGUMENTERY.
What are epidermis and integumentary?
Expand pt., y/o, and c/o.
What are patient, years old, and complains of?
Name the pigment that colors skin and the tough protein in hair and nails.
What are melanin and keratin?
Give the meanings of epi-, sub-, intra-, and hypo-.
What are upon or above, below, within, and below or deficient?
Name a fungal skin infection, a mite infestation, and a benign viral skin growth.
What are tinea, scabies, and a wart?
Build the terms for inflammation of the skin and the study of skin.
What are dermatitis and dermatology?
Expand Hx, PCP, BP, and SOB.
What are history, primary care physician, blood pressure, and shortness of breath?
These glands release sweat and oily sebum, respectively. Name both types.
What are sweat glands and sebaceous glands?
Give the meanings of -itis, -osis, -cyte, and -plasty.
What are inflammation, a condition (usually abnormal), cell, and surgical repair?
Name a mole, an open sore, and a raised swollen area of skin.
What are a nevus, an ulcer, and a wheal?
Build the terms for the study of tissue and surgical repair of the eyelid.
What are histology and blepharoplasty?
Expand OTC, PRN, and NKA.
What are over-the-counter, as needed, and no known allergies?
Name the deepest epidermal layer and what happens there.
What are the stratum basale (stratum germinativum) and mitosis, which produces new cells?
Give the meanings of trich/o, blephar/o, py/o, and cyan/o.
What are hair, eyelid, pus, and blue?
Name pinpoint bleeding spots, a larger bruise, and tissue death from lost blood supply.
What are petechiae, an ecchymosis, and gangrene?
Correct HYPERHYDROSIS and SCLARODERMA. Define both corrected terms.
What are hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) and scleroderma (hardening of the skin)?
A clinician takes a sample of an erythematous papule. Name the procedure and explain both descriptive words.
What is a biopsy of a red, small, raised solid skin lesion?
Give four skin functions and two functions of fat beneath the skin.
What are protection, temperature regulation, sensation, and vitamin D production? Fat provides insulation, cushioning, and energy storage; name any two.
Give the meanings of kerat/o, squam/o, ichthy/o, and papill/o.
What are hard or hornlike tissue, scale, dry or scaly, and nipple-like?
Name the condition with loss of skin pigment and the malignant tumor arising from melanocytes.
What are vitiligo and melanoma?
Break onychomycosis into word parts and define it. Then pronounce ecchymosis.
What are onych/o/myc/osis (nail + fungus + condition), a fungal nail infection, and ek-ih-MOH-sis?
A note lists a family history of skin cancer and a biopsy sent to pathology. Does this confirm cancer in the patient? Explain.
What is no? Family history and an investigation do not establish a diagnosis. The pathology result and clinical interpretation are needed.