Chapter 13 Terms Flashcards
Alopecia
hair loss (balding)
Annular
circular shape to a skin lesion
Bulla
elevated cavity containing free fluid > 1cm diameter
Confluent
skill lesions that run together
Crust
thick, dried-out exudate left on the skin when vesicles or pustules burst or dry up
Cyanosis
dusky-blue color to the skin, or mucous membranes due to an increased amount of unoxygenated hemoglobin
Erosion
a scooped-out shallow depression in the skin
Erythema
intense redness of the skin due to excess blood in the dilated superficial capillaries, as in fever or inflammation
Excoriation
self-inflicted abrasion on the skin due to scratching
Fissure
linear crack in skin extending to the dermis
Furuncle
boil; supportive inflammatory skin lesion due to infected hair follicle
Hemangioma
skin lesion due to benign proliferation of blood vessels in the dermis
Iris
target shape of skin lesion
Jaundice
yellow color to skin, palate, and sclera due to excess bilirubin in the blood
Keloid
hypertrophic scar elevated beyond the site of the original injury
Lichenification
tightly packed set of papules that thickens skin, from prolonged intense scratching
Lipoma
benign fatty tumor
Maceration
softening the tissue by soaking
Macule
flat skin lesion with only a color change
Nevus
mole; circumscribed skin lesion due to excess melanocytes
Nodule
Elevated skin lesion > 1cm diameter
Pallor
excessively pale, whitish-pink color to lightly pigmented skin
Papule
palpable skin lesion <1cm diameter
Plaque
skin lesion in which papules come together
Pruritus
itching
Purpura
red-purple skin lesion due to blood in the tissue from breaks in the blood vessels
Pustule
elevated cavity containing thick turbid fluid
Scale
compact desiccated flakes of skin from shedding of dead skin cells
Telangiectasia
skin lesion due to permanently enlarged and dilated blood vessels that are visible
Ulcer
sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue that causes a deep depression in skin, extending into the dermis
Vesicle
elevated cavity containing free fluid up to 1cm diameter
Wheal
raised red skin lesion due to interstitial fluid
Zosteriform
linear shape of the skin lesion along a nerve route