Ch 26 Intergumentry System Flashcards
Eczema
Dry, red, itchy scaly skin
Skin makes up what precent of the total body weight?
15%
Oil glands are located all over the body except for?
Palms/soles
What’s a vesicles?
Ex. Chicken pox
Describe asymmetrical melanoma.
Irregular shape or border and difference in colors .
Functions of the skin
Protection Temperature Absorption Perception Excretion
What’s cellulitis?
Spreading Inflammation of subcutaneous tissue and skin. Deep within
Herpes simplex 1 is most often associated with lesions where?
Mouth and nasal areas.
Herpes zoster is commonly known as
Chicken pox
What’s a carbuncle and how’s it treated?
Treated with antibiotics. Begins with a nodule enlarges and has multiple drainage sites.
How do you get Lyme disease and what’s done with it after?
Ticks and need to be killed with alcohol mixed with bleach.
What part of the face does rosacea effect?
Face
Whats verrucae?
Wart; viral infection of skin results in rough round bump.
What is dermabrasion
Wrinkle treatment by scrapping top layer of skin off face.
Basal cell carcinoma
Skin tumor slow growing cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma
Invasive tumor that has potential to spread.
Malignant melanoma
Cancer that effects melanocytes
Dermatitis
Inflammation of the skin
Folliculitis
Infection of the hair follicle with a pustule.
Hirsutism
Excessive development of hair. Endocrine disorder.
Keloid
Scar tissue
Pediculosis capitis
Head lice,
Pediculosis pubis
Lice on pubic hair
Psoriasis
Chronic dry itchy scaley silver patches.
