Exam 5: The Integumentary System

Match the combining form for melan/o.

Excessive production of sebum is know as:

The teenage patient has very oily skin. The health care provider anticipates the physician ordering an over-the-counter ________.

The excretion of waste material through the skin is through ____________________.

The medical assistant identifies the fatty tissue as:

An agent that decreases inflammation is a(n) ____________________.

The client states that he has concerns regarding his baldness. Baldness would be documented as: ____________________.

Match the combining form for ichthy/o.

The health care provider identifies a localized pus-producing infection that originated in a hair follicle as a:

Comedones are also called _____________.

The scraping of dead tissue is curettage or ____________________.

A hard, thickened area of skin is a(n) ____________________.

The most common noncancerous neoplasms are a(n) ____________________.

Exposure of the skin to heat, chemicals, or electricity may result in:

The client has been exposed to mites. The health care provider would assess what area of the body for eruptions?

This narrow band of epidermis surrounds the nail.

The skin includes the body's sensors for sensations and ____________________.

A teenage patient has skin eruptions on his face and upper back. The nurse recognizes this as:

The bottom sublayer of the epidermis is the stratum ____________________.

The epidermis does not include which of the following?