Prior Knowledge
Path/o
What is disease?
Alopeicia
What is abnormal hair loss?
What is the epidermis?
This part of the eye can vary in color, such as green, blue, and brown.
What is the iris?
Ear drum
What is the tympanic membrane?
-algia
What is pain?
This basic skin function involves nerve fibers sending impulses of pain, pressure, touch and temperature to the central nervous system.
What is sensation?
Burn that results in the destruction of the top two layers of the skin.
The bending of light.
What is refraction?
This structure of the inner ear is responsible for hearing.
What is the cochlea?
The root (or combining) for in the word: transhepatic.
What is hepat/o?
Striae, also known as stretch marks, is due to the breakdown of elastin fibers in this skin layer.
What is the dermis?
A highly contagious parasitic infection of the skin caused by the burrowing of a mite under your skin.
What is scabies?
An inability to view objects in the distance.
What is myopia?
Damage to the cochlear nerve results in this condition.
What is sensorineural deafness?
Rod-like structure of condensed DNA found in the nucleus.
What are chromosomes?
A pus-filled cutaneous lesion is called this.
What is a pustule?
Nevus
What is a pigmented lesion of the skin?
A pathology of the eye that results in loss of central vision.
What is macula degeneration?
Otitis media
What is inflammation of the middle ear?
The ____________ end of the humerus (upper arm bone) makes up the elbow joint.
What is distal?
A blue-purplish mark on the skin.
What is ecchymosis?
In the ABCDE rules of melanoma, the "B" represents this.
What is borders?
Strabismus
What is an inability of both eyes to look in the same direction?
Benign tumor arising from the vestibularcochlear nerve.
What is acoustic neuroma?