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This is the outermost layer of skin:
A. basal
B. epidermis
C. dermis
D. subcutaneous
B. epidermis
Which of the following is NOT a part of skin or accessory organs:
A. arterioles
B. sebacceous glands
C. nail
D. sudoriferous glands
A. arterioles...small blood vessels
This prefix means beside:
A. intra-
B. epi-
C. per-
D. para-
D. para
This combibing form means hair:
A. xanth/o
B. ichthy/0
C. karat/o
D. trich/o
D. trich/o
Lunula is the:
A. opening of pores
B. outermost layer of epidermis
C. narrow band of epidermis at base of nail
D. white area at base of nail plate
D. white area at base of nail plate
Subcutaneous tissue is also known as:
A. dermal
B. hypodermis
C. stratum corneum
D. adipose
B. hypodermis
hypo means under
Which of the following combining forms does not refer to a color:
A. pachy/o
B. eosin/o
C. cyan/o
D. jaund/o
A. pachy/o
a. cyan/o blue
b. jaund/o yellow
c. eosin/o rosy
d. pachy/o thick
This medical term means surgical incision into dead tissue:
A. keratotomy
B. onychomycosis
C. eschrotomy
D. curettage
C. eschrotomy
This suffix means surgical repair:
A. -tome
B. -plasty
C. -opsy
D. -rrhea
B. -plasty
Soft tissue around nail border is the:
A. corium
B. cuticle
C. paronychium
D. lunula
C. paronychium
This combining form means profuse sweating:
A. albin/o
B. diaphor/o
C. rhytid/o
D. erythem/o
B. diaphor/o
a. albin/o white
b. diaphor/o
c. erythem/o red
d. rhytid/o wrinkle
What is this the medical abbrviation for:
bx
biopsy
What is this the medical abbrviation for:
ca
cancer
What is this the medical abbrviation for:
I&D
incision & drainage
What is this the medical abbrviation for:
subcu, subq, SC & SQ
subcutaneous
What does this prefix mean:
epi-
on/upon
What does this prefix mean:
hyper-
over
What does this prefix mean:
hypo-
under
What does this prefix mean:
intra-
within
What does this prefix mean:
para-
beside
What does this prefix mean:
per-
through
What does this prefix mean:
peri-
surrounding
What does this prefix mean:
sub-
under
What does this suffix mean:
-occus
spherical bacterium
What does this suffix mean:
-ectomy
removal
What does this suffix mean:
-ia
condition
What does this suffix mean:
-malacia
softening
What does this suffix mean:
-opsy
view of
What does this suffix mean:
-plasty
surgical repair
What does this suffix mean:
-rrhea
discharge
What does this suffix mean:
-tome
an instrument to cut
What does this suffix mean:
-tomy
to cut
A pimple is an example of a:
A. vesicle
B. pustule
C. nodule
D. papule
B. pustule
A stage III pressure ulcer involves:
A. partial loss of epidermis and dermis
B. full thickness loss of skin with extensive destruction and necrosis
C. full thickness loss of skin up to but not through fascia
D. erythema of skin
C. full thickness loss of skin up to but not through fascia
This type of dermatitis may be exogenous or endogenous and is common in children and infants:
A. atopic
B. stasis
C. irritant contact
D. seborrheic
A. atopic
Psoriasis, pityriasis and lichen planus are three types of this disorder:
A. inflammatory
B. papulosquamous
C. acne
D. dermatitis
B. papulosquamous
This condition begins with a herald spot:
A. pityriasis
B. psoriasis
C. lichen planus
D. dermatitis
A. pityriasis
This skin infection is caused by group A bet-hemolytic S
treptococci
, and the lesions appear as firm red spots with itching, burning and tenderness:
A. folliculitis
B. furuncles
C. fasciitis
D. erysipelas
D. erysipelas
This type of herpes produces cold sores:
A. VZV
B. herpes zoster
C. herpes simplex
D. shingles
C. herpes simplex
This condition is caused by human papillomavirus:
A. folliculitis
B. shingles
C. verrucae
D. mycoses
C. verrucae
This type of tumor occurs in hair follicles:
A. keratoacanthoma
B. Kaposi's sarcoma
C. keratoses
D. nevi
A. keratoacanthoma
This type of superfical carcinoma is rarely metastatic:
A. basal cell
B. squamous cell
C. melanoma
D. Kaposi's sarcoma
B. squamous cell
Author
Kathy719
ID
211996
Card Set
Medical Billing
Description
Intergumentary System
Updated
2013-06-09T14:22:17Z
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