Roots: Skin and Structures
This root pertains to keratin
What is kerat/o?
This occurs when too much pressure on skin over time interrupts circulation, leading to necrosis
What is a pressure ulcer (or decubitus ulcer or bedsore)?
The most superficial or outermost layer of skin is called this
What is the epidermis?
This is the medical term for a scab
What is an eschar?
This protein thickens and toughens the skin and makes up hair and nails
What is Keratin?
This root pertains to sweat, perspiration
What is hidr/o?
Cancer of skin's epithelial cells
What is carcinoma?
What is squamous cell carcinoma, or basal cell carcinoma?
Gland that releases a watery fluid to the skin surface to cool the body
What is a sudoriferous or sweat gland? (Also known as eccrine)
Abnormal overgrowth of scar tissue during the healing process causes this skin lesion
What is a keloid?
Each hair grows from within a sheath deep in the skin called this
What is a hair follicle?
This root pertains to sebum or the sebaceous gland
What is seb/o?
A crack or break in the skin is called this
What is a fissure?
The layer of tissue just beneath the skin
What is the subcutaneous layer or hypodermis?
This determines the amount of body surface area (BSA) involved in a burn
What is the Rule of Nines?
The medical term for the extension of the epidermis onto the surface of the nail plate
What is the cuticle or eponychium?
This root pertains to nails
What is onych/o?
A tumor containing melanin is called this
What is melanoma?
This is the layer of skin in which new skin cells are produced
What is the stratum basale or basal layer?
Re-opening of a wound, or separation of wound layers is called this
What is dehiscence?
This muscle contracts when we are cold or scared, causing goosebumps
What is the arrector pili muscle?
This root pertains to hair
What is Trich/o?
Chronic overgrowth of the epidermis layer of skin causes lesions called plaques in this skin condition
What is Psoriasis?
This layer of skin contains connective tissue, nerves, blood vessels, lymphatics and sensory receptors
What is the dermis?
The general medical term for drainage from a wound is called this
What is exudate?
Keratinized outgrowth of the skin that covers the dorsal surface of the terminal phalanges
What is the nail or nail plate?