PPC Integumentary

adip/o; lip/o; steat/o

derm/o; dermat/o; cutane/o

erythr/o

hidr/o

hist/o; histi/o

kerat/o

leuk/o

melan/o

myc/o

onych/o

plas/o

purpur/o

seb/o

squam/o

trich/o

xer/o

xanth/o

Derm/o and dermat/o are Greek combining forms meaning __1__. The medical field specializing in study og the skin is __2__. The physician who specializes in the study and treatment of the skin is called a __3__. Cutane/o is a Latin combining for meaning __4__. Subcutaneous therefore pertains to __5__ the skin.

Cyt/o means __1__. Cell with specialized functions combine to form varying types of tissue. Hist/o is a combining form meaning __2__. The study of tissues is __3__. Histogenic pertains to the orgin or __4__ of __5__.

The combining form meaning formation is __1__. Dys- is a prefix meaning painful, difficult, or __2__, and in -ia refers to a __3__. Therefore, the term used to describe a condition of (faulty) abnormal formation of tissue is __4__.

The prefix epi-, meaning __1__, was used in naming the outer tissue layer of the skin called the __2__dermis.The combining form squam/o means __3__. The suffix -ous means __4__. The flat, scalelike cells of the epidermis are aptly called __5__ cells.

The pigment called melanin is found in the basal layer of the epidermis. The combining form melan/o means __1__, and people with more melanin have __2__ skin. Melanocytes are __3__ in the basal layer that produce melanin.

__1__ is the combining form that means hard. Keratin is the hard protein substance found in the basal layer of the skin. The combining form for hair is __2__. Keratosis is a condition characterized by the overgrowth of cells composed of much __3__.

Hair follicles are found in the dermis layer of the skin. The combining form for hair is __1__. Combined with the suffix meaning rupture, trichorrexis is the term describing __2__ that is broken or split.