Issues in the System
What kind of tumor is made up of fatty tissue?
Lipoma
What is the outer most layer of the skin?
Epidermis
Xerosis
What is it called. when the epidermis is wearing away?
Erosion
Inflammation of skin
Dermatitis
What is the middle layer of the skin?
Dermis
What is it called when no sweating is present?
Anhidrosis
What is a pigmented spot on skin (freckle)?
Macule
What kind of tumor contains a dark pigment?
Melanoma
Subcutaneous layer
What does it mean to profusely sweating?
Diaphoresis
Open sore on skin or mucous membrane of the body is called?
Ulcer
Collection of sebum in a cyst or sac-like formation
Steatoma
What are the lower layers of cells in epidermis?
Basal layer
What term means inherited absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes?
Albinism
What is the term that means round elevation in the skin with a. pale, whitish, area surrounded by redness?
Wheal
Soft yellowish round nodule found on eyelids
xanthoma
Layer of cells covering the external surface of. the body and lining of the hollow tubes within body?
Epithelium
Inflammation and swelling of the skin folds around a nail.
Paronychia
Thick-walled, closed sac that containing fluid is called what?
Cyst