Chapter 5, Problem 11TYR

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Two common word roots that refer to the skin in medical terminology.

Introduction:

The outer covering of the body is the skin. Skin is the largest organ in the body. The main function of the skin is protection of internal organs and underlying parts of the body like bones, muscles, ligaments etc. Different terminologies are used for the same word "skin". Skin is often written as integument, epithelium, cuticle, vellum etc.