3.1: Integumentary System Introduction
Learning Objectives
- Apply the rules of medical language to build, analyze, spell, pronounce, abbreviate, and define terms as they relate to the integumentary system
- Identify meanings of key word components of the integumentary system
- Categorize diagnostic, therapeutic, procedural, or anatomic terms related to the integumentary system
- Use terms related to the integumentary system
- Use terms related to the diseases and disorders of the integumentary system
Introduction to the Integumentary System
The integumentary system refers to the skin and accessory structures like hair, skin, and nails. This chapter will review common word components related to the integumentary system to assist students in learning how to analyze, build, and define terms. Other integumentary terms, whose definitions cannot be easily built from word components, will be described in context based on the anatomy and physiology of the integumentary system and common diseases and disorders. Medical specialists and procedures related to the integumentary system will also be discussed.
View the following YouTube video [1] for an introduction to the science of skin: The Science of Skin – Emma Bryce
- TED-Ed. (2018, March 12). The science of the skin - Emma Bryce [Video]. YouTube. All rights reserved. https://youtu.be/OxPlCkTKhzY?si=oBrUcsTDLu2I3ivF ↵