Exam 4: Integumentary System

The healthcare term for "athlete's foot" is:

Ringworm of the scalp is tinea ____________________.

The abbreviation for the system of administration of medication through a patch is TTS.

The term avascular means pertaining to no (blood) vessels.

Ringworm of the scalp is:

Harvest of skin from another human donor for temporary transplant is a(n):

A fungal test may be used to diagnose cystic fibrosis.

The groove under a small fold of skin at the base of the nail is the nail root.

Tattoos may be removed though occlusive therapy.

A Wood's light exam is used to diagnose psoriasis.

Inflammation, ulcer, or sore in the skin over a bony prominence is a(n):

SCC is the abbreviation for ____________________.

The degree of burn known as a full-thickness burn, often also involving subcutaneous tissue is:

Resection of fatty tissue is a lipectomy.

The xer/o in xeroderma means ____________________.

A type of biopsy that scrapes or shaves off samples of friable lesions is exfoliation.

Infection of the fold of the skin at the margin of the nail is:

What does the abbreviation KS stand for? ____________________

Hidr/o is a combining form for ____________________.

A partial-thickness burn in which the first and second layers of the skin are affected is a _____-degree burn.