Medical Terminology Simplified

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 567

CHAPTER 3: INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

Section Review 3–1

Term Meaning

1. hypo/derm/ic -ic: pertaining to; under, below, deficient; skin


2. melan/oma -oma: tumor; black


3. kerat/osis -osis: abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells); horny
   tissue; hard; cornea


4. cutane/ous -ous: pertaining to; skin


5. lip/o/cyte -cyte: cell; fat


6. onych/o/malacia -malacia: softening; nail


7. scler/o/derma -derma: skin; hardening; sclera (white of the eye)


8. dia/phoresis -phoresis: carrying, transmission; through, across


9. dermat/o/myc/osis -osis: abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells); skin;
   fungus


10. cry/o/therapy -therapy: treatment; cold

Competency Verification, Figure 3–2

Identifying integumentary structures, page 69.

1.epidermis 5.hair follicle

2.dermis 6.sebaceous (oil) gland

3.stratum corneum 7.sudoriferous (sweat) gland

4.basal layer 8.subcutaneous tissue

Competency Verification, Figure 3–3

Structure of a fingernail, page 75.

1. nail root 3.cuticle 5.nail body
   2.matrix 4.nail bed 6.lunula

Section Review 3–2

1.-pathy 4. -rrhea 7. -cele 10.-malacia 13.-osis

2.xer/o 5. trich/o, pil/o 8. onych/o 11.-logist 14.hidr/o

3.lip/o, adip/o, steat/o 6. scler/o 9. derm/o, dermat/o, 12.epi- 15.hypo-

cutane/o, -derma

Section Review 3–3

1.melan/o 4.cyt/o, -cyte 7.-rrhea 10.-derma 13. xanth/o

2.cyan/o 5.-penia 8.erythr/o 11.-oma 14. necr/o

3.-emia 6.-pathy 9.auto- 12.leuk/o 15. -osis

Additional Medical Terms Review

1.verruca 4.furuncle 7.biopsy 10.cryosurgery 13. alopecia

2.vitiligo 5.eczema 8.dermabrasion 11.débridement 14. comedo

3.tinea 6.urticaria 9.fulguration 12.scabies 15. petechia

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