Ch 14: Terms

Question 1

Inserting a needle into a lesion and withdrawing the fluid

Answer 1

Puncture Aspiration

Question 2

A skin condition that blisters and weeps

Answer 2

Eczema

Question 3

Slicing

Answer 3

Shaving

Question 4

Cutting removal

Answer 4

Excision

Question 5

Peeling or scraping

Answer 5

Paring

Question 6

Ablation

Answer 6

Destruction

Question 7

Nonlayered closure

Answer 7

Simple Closure

Question 8

Greater than a layered closure

Answer 8

Complex closure

Question 9

Layered closure

Answer 9

Intermediate Closure

Question 10

Lesion removal where forceps grasp the column and the physician snips the lesion off at its base

Answer 10

Scissors Removal

Question 11

Lesion removal where a thread is tied at the base of the lesion and left there until the tissue dies

Answer 11

Ligature Strangulation

Question 12

The chronic abscessing and subsequent infection of a sweat gland

Answer 12

Hidradenitis

Question 13

Physician who specializes in the care of the foot

Answer 13

Podiatrist

Question 14

Cleaning and removing skin or tissue from a wound until normal, healthy tissue is exposed

Answer 14

Debridement

Question 15

The separation and removal of the nail plate

Answer 15

Avulsion

Question 16

An elastic material formed into a sac that is then filled with fluid or air so it expands like a balloon

Answer 16

Tissue-expander

Question 17

Superficial wound repair that involves epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous tissue

Answer 17

Simple Closure

Question 18

Requires closure of one or more layers of subcutaneous tissue and superficial fascia, in addition to the skin closure

Answer 18

Intermediate Closure

Question 19

Involves complicated would closure including revision, debridement, extensive undermining, stents or retention sutures, and more than layered closure

Answer 19

Complex Closure

Question 20

Tying

Answer 20

Ligation

Question 21

Area of defect the receives a graft

Answer 21

Recipient site

Question 22

Area from which healthy skin had been taken for grafting

Answer 22

Donor site

Question 23

A small, split-thickness repair to the skin

Answer 23

Pinch Graft

Question 24

Grafts that are taken from a human donor

Answer 24

Allografts

Question 25

Grafts that are taken from the patient’s body

Answer 25

Autografts

Question 26

A type of skin graft where a portion of the skin is lifted and separated from the tissue below, but it stays connected to blood vessels at one end

Answer 26

Delayed Graft

Question 27

A skin flap that contains an artery and vein

Answer 27

Island pedicle flap

Question 28

A skin flap that contains an artery, vein, and nerve

Answer 28

Neurovascular pedicle flap

Question 29

An area of skin is sanded down using a motorized brush

Answer 29

Dermabrasion

Question 30

Skin treatments in which a chemical is applied to the skin and then removed

Answer 30

Chemical Peels

Question 31

Surgical procedure in which the physician removes excess skin from the neck, usually for cosmetic reasons

Answer 31

Cervicoplasty

Question 32

The removal of excess skin and to support the muscles of the upper eyelid

Answer 32

Blepharoplasty

Question 33

Removal of wrinkles by pulling the skin tight and removing the excess

Answer 33

Rhytidectomy

Question 34

Liposuction

Answer 34

Lipectoomy

Question 35

A procedure in which the physician cuts through the dead skin the covers the surface where there is a full-thickness burn

Answer 35

Escharotomy