Vocab/Prefixes
What prefix means yellow?
icter/o
What medical term is also known as cold sore or blister?
What gland is responsible for lubricating the skin and hair
Products that act against Fungal infections are called what
Antifungal
What is the name for a physician who studies the skin
Dermatologist
Which prefix means white?
Leuk/o
What condition is also known as German Measles
Rubella
Arrector Pilli Muscle
What is the test done on a wound exudate to determine the presence of microorganisms
Wound culture
What is the word for the overgrowth of scar tissue
A keloid
What is a cluster of Boils called?
A carbuncle
What is the condition "Tinea", more commonly called.
Ringworm
Which of the two layers of the dermis is the reticular layer (upper or lower).
Lower Layer
Describe an autograft
(Answers may vary)
Accepted answers:
Ean is goated
Pertaining to under the skin
Hypodermic
What agent is used to prevent or relieve itching
Antipruritics
What is the medical term for "spider veins"
telangiectasia
Which layer/structure of the skin provides insulation, nourishment, and cushioning?
Subcutaneous Layer
What procedure removes foreign material or damaged tissue especially in a wound?
Debridement
What medical term describes the abrasion of the epidermis by scratching, trauma, chemicals, or burns.
Excoriation
The root integument in integumentary means what?
Covering
Explain What each of the ABCDE's are for finding out if a mark may be melanoma.
Asymmetry, Border, Color, Diameter, Evolving
True or false:
The Epidermis is also known as the "true skin"
False
Surgical correction or, the bursting open of a wound is called
Dehiscence
On the graph what is portrayed as blue, what is protrayed as red, and what is portrayed as yellow
nerves yellow, veins blue, arteries red.