Memmler's chapter 6: the integument system UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

Memmler's chapter 6: the integument system
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
corne/o - CORRECT ANSWER - cornified, keratinized



derm/o - CORRECT ANSWER - skin



melan/o - CORRECT ANSWER - dark, black



sub- - CORRECT ANSWER - under, below



ap/o- - CORRECT ANSWER - separation from, derivation from



pil/o - CORRECT ANSWER - hair



albi/o - CORRECT ANSWER - white



bili - CORRECT ANSWER - bile



cyan/o - CORRECT ANSWER - blue



-emia - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to the blood



eryth - CORRECT ANSWER - red



-ism - CORRECT ANSWER - state of

, -sis - CORRECT ANSWER - condition, process



dermat/o - CORRECT ANSWER - skin



scler/o - CORRECT ANSWER - hard



alopecia - CORRECT ANSWER - hair loss



apocrine - CORRECT ANSWER - Referring to a gland that releases some cellular material
along with its secretions.


arrector pili - CORRECT ANSWER - Muscle attached to a hair follicle that raises the hair



cerumen - CORRECT ANSWER - earwax



cicatrix - CORRECT ANSWER - scar



cyanosis - CORRECT ANSWER - bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes
resulting from insufficient oxygen in the blood


dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWER - inflammation of the skin



dermis - CORRECT ANSWER - "true skin"; deeper part of the skin



eccrine - CORRECT ANSWER - referring to sweat glands that regulate body temperature
and vent sweat directly to the surface of the skin through a pore