Discovering the Fascinating World of Skin Anatomy and Terminology
Uncover the intricacies of the integumentary system, exploring the functions and anatomy of our skin. Delve into skin root words, suffixes, and terms like dermatitis and keratoderma, learning about skin conditions and their meanings. Enhance your medical terminology knowledge with engaging visuals and explanations.
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Medical Terminology Is Fun! The Integumentary System: Our Skin This program is funded in part/in whole by a U.S. Department of Labor - Employment and Training Administration grant. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License.
Functions of our skin Control of body temperature Keeping out infection It s a waterproof barrier Protects delicate tissues underneath; holds everything in Mends itself when damaged
Skin Root Words Derma = Skin Sarc(o) = body tissue or flesh Trich(o) = Hair Onchy(o) = Nails Histo = Skin tissue Kerato = Thickening of the skin
Skin Suffixes oma = tumor of orrhea = excessive flow of ology = study of opathy = disease of osis = condition of itis = inflammation of algia = pain of malacia = softening of
Roots + Suffixes = Skin Terms Derma (skin) + itis (inflammation of) = Dermatitis(inflammation of the skin) Sarc (skin tissue) + oma (tumor of) = Sarcoma (tumor of the skin) Trich (hair) + algia (pain of)= Trichalgia(pain of the hair) Onchy (nails) + malacia (softening of) = Onchyomalacia (softening of the nails) Kerato (thickening of) + derma (skin) = Keratoderma (thickening of the skin)
More Skin Terms Epi (outermost layer) + dermis (skin) = Epidermis (the outermost layer of the skin) Lipo (fat) + suction (to remove by suctioning) = Liposuction(removal of fatty tissue by suctioning) Kerato (thickening of) + derma (skin) = Keratoderma(thickening of the skin) Derma(t) (skin) + orrhea (excessive flow) = Dermatorrhea (excessive flow of fluid from the skin)
