Ch 3 Objective Terms/primary Lesions

Question 1

Centrifugal

Answer 1

Star from middle and spread outward

Question 2

Centripetal

Answer 2

Start from outside and go inward

Question 3

Papules

Answer 3

Small bumps under 1cm, small solid mass

If over 1cm, they are nodules

Elevated
(Latin for pimple)

Question 4

Plaques

Answer 4

Bumps that are large and flat

Solid mass in the surface of the skin

Question 5

Vesicles

Answer 5

Small bumps <1cm filled with clear fluid

Smaller blister

Question 6

Pustules

Answer 6

Vesicle but filled with pus

Pus filled blister

Small bump with pus

Question 7

Larger vesicle like a blister

Answer 7

bulla (Latin for bubble)

Question 8

Larger pustules

Localized collection of pus in the body

Answer 8

Abscess

Ab scess
Away go

Believe that harmful tumors of the body would go away via pus leaking from an abscess

Question 9

Macule/macula

Answer 9

Small flat discolored areas

Small flat spots like freckles

Question 10

Patch (vitiligo)

Answer 10

Large macules are called patches

Larger flat discolored area

Question 11

Cherry angioma

Answer 11

Mass caused by Too many blood vessels formed in one area

Question 12

Telangiectasia

Answer 12

Caused by Heavy concentration of blood vessels. Like a flat cherry angioma but FLaT.

Question 13

Petechiae

Answer 13

Small bruises

Question 14

Ecchymosis

Answer 14

Larger bruises

Question 15

Cultured

Answer 15

Sampled to see if it harbors bacteria, virus, fungus

Question 16

Tumor

Answer 16

Larger solid mass

Question 17

Nodule

Answer 17

Solid mass that extends deeper into the skin. Solid, elevated mass more that 1cm

Question 18

Wheal

Answer 18

Smooth slightly elevated bump, edema

Question 19

Cyst

Answer 19

Fluid or semisolid thick walled filled sac

Question 20

Crust

Answer 20

Scab. Dried serum and cellular debris

Question 21

Polyp

Answer 21

Benign growth extending from

Mucous membranes surface

Question 22

Erosion

Answer 22

Loss of epidermis

Wearing away of skin

Question 23

Fissure

Answer 23

Crack in skin

Slit/groove

Question 24

Ulcer

Answer 24

Open sore on skin or mucous membrane