MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
MATCHING EXERCISES KEY
ANATOMICAL TERMS
1. keratin
2. epidermis
3. collagen
4.stratum corneum
5. sudoriferous glands
6. melanocyte
7. epithelium
8. sebum
9. corium
10. melanin
c. hard protein substance in epidermis, skin,
nails
d. outer layer of skin
b. protein `gluey' substance in skin and tissue
e. flat scale-like cells of outer epidermis
a. sweat glands
g. cell in basal layer that gives color to
skin
h cells covering external and internal surfaces
i. oily substance from glands in skin
f. dense fibrous layer of skin (dermis)
j. dark pigment in melanocytes
SYMPTOMATIC AND DIAGNOSTIC TERMS
1. macula
2. nodule
3. vesicle
4. verruca
5. keloid
6. urticaria
7. comedo
8. telangiectasia
9. lupus
10. exanthemata
d. small flat discolored spot on skin
b. solid mass extending into epidermis
a. small blister
c. a wart
e. irregular overgrowth of scar tissue
g. hives
i. blackhead
f. spider angioma
j. chronic autoimmune disease
h. eruptions
1. a `mangy fox' condition
2. a 'lying down' sore
3. dry skin
4. moth-eaten skin condition
5. jaundice
d. alopecia
a. decubitus ulcer
e. xeroderma
c. tinea
b. xanthoderma
1. albinism
2. onychia
3. pediculosis
4. actinic keratosis
c. congenital lack of melanin pigment
f. inflammation of a nail
e. lice infestation
a. localized thickening of skin caused by
exposure to sun
j. shingles
i. chronic skin disease with silver gray scales
covering red patches
b. inflammation of nailfold
d. skin condition with inflamed vesicles that
burst and scale
g. a boil
h. bacterial skin inflammation with rupturing
5. herpes zoster
6. psoriasis
7. paronychia
8. eczema
9. furuncle
10. impetigo
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
pustules around mouth
OPERATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC TERMS
1. chemosurgery
2. fulguration
3. dermabrasion
4. curettage
5. autograft
6. sclerotherapy
7. antipruritic
8. dermatoheteroplasty
9. homograft
10. cryosurgery
g. using an acid solution to `peel' top layers
d. use of high frequency sparks to destroy
tissue
c. use of wire brushes to remove scars, tattoos
etc
a. scraping of wound with a spoon like
instrument
h. skingrafting from one's own skin
i use of hardening agents (saline solutions) to
slough away skin
e. a drug that relieves itching
f. skingrafting from a different species
of
skin
j. skingrafting from the same species
b. destruction of tissue by freezing
REVIEW
1. erythema
2. albinism
3. leukoplakia
4. nevus
5. lipoma
6.trichoglossia
7. decubitus ulcer
8. urticaria
9. corium
10. melanin
f. redness of skin
g. lack of pigment
e. white patches
h. birthmark or mole
c. a fatty tumor
a. a hairy tongue
b. a bedsore
d. hives
j. cutis vera
i. dark pigment
1. hard protein in nails etc.
2. a blackhead
3. spider angioma
4. small flat discolored spot
5. wart
6. cell that gives color to skin
7. head lice
8. crabs
9. thickening of skin by sun's rays
10. chronic autoimmune disease
h. keratin
e. comedo
g. telangiectasia
f. macula
a. verruca
b. melanocyte
c. pediculosis capitis
d. pediculosis pubis
j. actinic keratosis
i. lupus
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
ROOTS / COMPOUND – SUFFIX
1. hidr/o
2. myc/o
3. adip/o
4. derm/o
5. onych/o
c. sweat
a fungus
b. fat
e. skin
d. nail
1. diaphor/o
2. steat/o
3. trich/o
4. hist/o
5. kerat/o
e. profuse sweat
b. fat
a hair
c. tissue
d. hard