Anatomy Definition List #1

Removal of tissue from body for examination

Tissue destruction by electricity

A tissue or organ for implantation or transplantation; piece of skin transplanted to replace a lost portion of the skin.

Removal of burn scar tissue

A malignant new growth made up of epithelial cells tending to infltrate surrounding tissues and to give rise to metastases.

any horny growth, such as a wart.

A mole or growth, like birthmarks

A wart, caused a virus. Such as a planter wart.

Inflammatory disease of the skin with the formation of an eruption of papules or pustules.

boils, abscesses, and pustular lesions

A streptococcal or staphylococcal skin infection marked by vesicles or bullae that become pustular.

An acute viral disease, often on the borders of the lips or nares (cold sores).

Chicken Pox

Shingles; an acute, unilateral, self-limited inflammatory disease of a nerve.

Ringworm; name applied to many different superficial fungal infections around the body.

Lice

A mite; small parasite

Redness of the skin, caused by some substance

A chronic, hereditary, recurrent dermatosis marked by discrete vivid red macules, papules, or plaques covered with silvery laminated scales.

No body pigment; white skind & hair

Baldness

Large blisters, as in burns

Localized hyperplasia of the horny layer of the epidermis caused by pressur or friction

Closed epithelium-lined cavity or sac, normal or abnormal, usally containing liquid or semisolid material

Bruise, caused by b;leeding under the skin

Redness of the skin

Necrotic or dead tissue

Abnormal hairness, espceically in women

Sharply elevated, progressively enlarging scar that does not fade with time

Itching

Swelling; may be benign or malignant; also called a neoplasm

A local destruction of tissue from sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue

Loss of pigemtn; white, patchy areas