Memmler's chapter 6: the integument
system Exam Questions and Answers
corne/o - Answers -cornified, keratinized
derm/o - Answers -skin
melan/o - Answers -dark, black
sub- - Answers -under, below
ap/o- - Answers -separation from, derivation from
pil/o - Answers -hair
albi/o - Answers -white
bili - Answers -bile
cyan/o - Answers -blue
-emia - Answers -pertaining to the blood
eryth - Answers -red
-ism - Answers -state of
-sis - Answers -condition, process
dermat/o - Answers -skin
scler/o - Answers -hard
alopecia - Answers -hair loss
apocrine - Answers -Referring to a gland that releases some cellular material along with
its secretions.
arrector pili - Answers -Muscle attached to a hair follicle that raises the hair
cerumen - Answers -earwax
cicatrix - Answers -scar
, cyanosis - Answers -bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting
from insufficient oxygen in the blood
dermatitis - Answers -inflammation of the skin
dermis - Answers -"true skin"; deeper part of the skin
eccrine - Answers -referring to sweat glands that regulate body temperature and vent
sweat directly to the surface of the skin through a pore
epidermis - Answers -outermost layer of the skin
erythema - Answers -redness of the skin
exfoliation - Answers -loss of cells from the surface of tissue, such as the skin
hair follicle - Answers -sheath that encloses a hair
integumentary system - Answers -the skin and all its associated structures
jaundice - Answers -yellowish skin discoloration usually due to the presence of excess
bilirubin in the blood
keloid - Answers -mass or raised area that results from excess production of scar tissue
keratin - Answers -protein that thickens and protects the skin; makes up hair and nails
lesion - Answers -wound or local injury
melanin - Answers -dark pigment found in the skin, hair, parts of the eye, and certain
parts of the brain
melanocyte - Answers -cell that produces melanin
scar (cicatrix) - Answers -fibrous connective tissue that replaces normal tissues
destroyed by injury or disease
sebaceous gland - Answers -gland that produces sebum
sebum - Answers -oily secretion that lubricates the skin
stratum basale - Answers -deepest layer of the epidermis; layer that produces new
epidermal cells
subcutaneous layer - Answers -under the skin
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