Medical Term: Integumentary System

• Epidermis is the outermost layer of skin.
• Dermis is the middle layer of skin that contains blood vessels, nerves, hair follicles, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands.
• Hypodermis or subcutaneous tissue is the deepest layer of skin that connects to underlying tissues and muscles.
• cutaneo

  skin
• dermo


  skin
• dermato


  skin
• hidro


  sweat
• hard;horn-like


  kerato
• fat


  lipo
• black


  melano
• nail

  onycho
• sebum


  sebo
• scale-like


  squamo
• sweat

  sudo
• pertaining to the skin


  subcutaneous
• pertaining to the skin

  dermal
• study of the skin


  dermatology
• excessive sweating


  hyperhidrosis
• any horny growth on the skin

  keratosis
• growth made up of fatty tissue

  lipoma
• tumor of the dark pigment cells 


  melanoma
• softening of the fingernails


  onychomalacia
• excessive secretion of sebum


  seborrhea
• pertaining to scale-like

  squamous
• promoting the flow of sweat 


  sudorific
• its main function is to act as barrier to protect the body from the outside world

  integumentary system
• most important layer in this system and its made up of three layers (epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous)


  skin