third section of vocab on Integumentary SYSTEM
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| cyst | fluid-filled sace under skin | |
| fissure | crack lession or groove | |
| laceration | jagged wound | |
| macule | flat discoloration (freckle) | |
| nodule | firm solid mass >.5cm | |
| papule | small solid mass <.5cm | |
| pustle | raised spot containing pus | |
| ulcer | open sore or lesion | |
| vesicle | blister, small fluid-filled | |
| wheal | small swollen area, typically allergy (hives) | |
| abscess | collection of pus | |
| acne | inflammed sebaceous gls., form papules or pustles | |
| acne rosacea | chronic acne in adults (on nose and cheeks) | |
| acne vulgaris | acne in teens | |
| albinism | genetic, unable to make melanin | |
| basal cell carcinoma | cancer in basal layer, rarely metastasizes | |
| burn | damage to skin (fire, electric, UV, chemical) | |
| cellulitis | acute infection & inflammation of connective tissue | |
| decubitus ulcer | open sore caused by pressure (bed sore) | |
| dry gangrene | late stage of gangren, area become mummified | |
| eczema | dermatitis with redness, itching, & crusting | |
| gangrene | tissue necrosis (usually no blood supply) | |
| ichythosis | dry,scaly, keratinized skin | |
| impetigo | highly infectious bacteria infection (with pustles that rupture & crust over) | |
| Kaposi's sarcoma | skin cancer in AIDS patients, brown-purple papules that spread | |
| malignant melanoma | cancer, most dangerous form, metastasizes quickly | |
| pediculosis | lice infestation | |
| psoriasis | chronic inflammation with silvery scales | |
| rubella | contagious viral infection, GERMAN MEASLES | |
| scabies | contagious, mites that burrow, cause sev. itching, in children | |
| sebecesous cyst | sac filled with sebum | |
| squamous cell carcinoma | cancer of epidermis, metastasizes | |
| systemic lupus erythatosus | disease of connective tissue, butterfly rash 1st sign | |
| tinea | fungal disease, itching, scaling lesions | |
| tinea capitis | fungal infections of scalp (ring worm) | |
| tinea pedis | fungal infection of foot (althete's foot) | |
| varicella | contagios viral infection. (chicken pox) | |
| vitilgo | disappearance of pigment in patches (leukoderma) | |
| wet gangren | area of gangrene that's infected with pus | |
| alopecia | loss of hair, baldness | |
| furnucle | bacterial infection of hair follicle (boil) | |
| carbucle | furnucle with several hair follicles | |
| onychia | infected nail bed | |
| paraonychia | infection of skin fold around the nail | |
| culture & sensitivity | lab test that grow bacteria and test sensitivity to antibiotics | |
| biopsy | tissue tissue by syringe, knife, punch, or brush for examination | |
| exfoliative cytology | scraping cells from tissue (for exam) | |
| frozen section | a thin piece of tissue cut from froze specimen | |
| fungal scrapings | scrapings taken of lessions and grown to ID fungus | |
| allograft | skin graft from other person (us. cadaver) | |
| autograft | graft from self | |
| dermatome | skin grafting, transplant of skin | |
| heterograft | sking graft from animal (also xenograft) | |
| skin graft | transfer of skin, to cover new site | |
| cauterization | destruction of tissue by chemical, electric or temp means | |
| cryosurgery | freeze and destroy tissue | |
| curettage | removal of superficial skin by currette | |
| debridement | removal of foreign material or dead/damaged tissue | |
| electrocautery | destroy tissue with electric current | |
| incision&drainage | to cut and drain of material (pus) | |
| chemabrasion | abrasion by chemical (chemical peel) | |
| dermabrasion | abrasion by rubbing wire brushes or sandpaper (removes scars) | |
| laser therapy | removal by laser | |
| liposuction | removal of fat beneath skin by suction | |
| rhytidectomy | removal of excess skin, eliminiting wrinkles (face lift) | |
| anesthetics | deadens pains on skin | |
| antibiotics | kills bacteria | |
| antifungals | kill fungi | |
| antiparasitics | kills mites or lice | |
| antipruritics | reduce severe itching | |
| antiseptics | kills bacteria in cut & wounds or sugurgy site | |
| antivirals | treats herpes simplex | |
| corticosteriod cream | type of anti-inflammory |
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