Root Words
What the does root word "immune/o"?
What does immune mean?
A chronic, autoimmune skin disease characterized by rapid skin cell turnover, resulting in thick, scaly, and itchy plaques.
What is psoriasis?
What the does the suffix "-derma" mean?
What is the skin?
What do the abbreviations "Sq, subcu, or subq" mean?
What is subcutaneous?
Name the 3 accessory organs of the skin?
What are the hairs, nails, and glands?
What the does root word "Aden/o" mean?
What is a gland?
A condition causing sudden hair loss in small, round patches, often due to an autoimmune attack on hair follicles.
What is alopecia?
What the does the prefix "intra-" mean?
What is within?
What does the abbreviation "ID," mean?
What is infectious disease?
What is the name for the oil glands?
What is sebaceous?
What the does root word "pil/o" mean?
What is a hair follicle?
A disorder causing skin cells (melanocytes) to die or stop producing pigment, leading to white patches on the skin.
What is vitiligo?
What the does the suffix "-iasis" mean?
What is an abnormal condition?
What does the abbreviation "OTC," mean?
What is the innermost layer of the skin?
What is the hypodermis/ subcutaneous tissue?
What the does root word "prurit-" mean?
What is itching?
Localized death and decomposition of body tissue, resulting from either obstructed circulation or bacterial infection.
What is gangrene?
What the does suffix "-malacia" mean?
What is softening?
What does the abbreviation "C&S" mean?
Which 4 areas are sweat glands most numerous?
What are the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, and the armpits, and forehead?
What the does root word "rhytid" mean?
What is a wrinkle?
The most common type of skin cancer?
What is basal cell carcinoma?
What the does the suffix "-esthesia" mean?
What is this feeling/sensation?
What does the abbreviation "ung-" mean?
What is ointment?
Which layer of the skin contains and forms melanin?
What is the epidermis?