Derm

Question 1

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Small and flat

Answer 1

Macule

Question 2

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Small and Raised, solid and rounded

Answer 2

Papule

Question 3

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Small, Raised and fluid filled

Answer 3

Vesicle

Question 4

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Small, Raised and pus filled

Answer 4

Pustule

Question 5

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Small, Raised and mesa like

Answer 5

Plaque

Question 6

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Large, and flat

Answer 6

Patch

Question 7

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Large and Raised, solid and rounded

Answer 7

Nodule

Question 8

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Large, Raised and fluid filled

Answer 8

Bulla

Question 9

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Large, Raised and pus filled

Answer 9

Abscess

Question 10

Which skin finding fits the following characteristics:

Large, Raised and mesa like

Answer 10

Plaque

Question 11

What is a macule?

Answer 11

Flat lesion that is a different color from surrounding skin, lacks elevation or depression

Question 12

What is a patch?

Answer 12

Very large macule

Question 13

What is a plaque?

Answer 13

Mesa like elevation that occupies a large surface area compared to its height

Question 14

What are papules?

Answer 14

small, solid, raised lesion generally

Question 15

What are nodules?

Answer 15

palpable lesion deeper than a papule, > 0.5 cm in diameter

Question 16

What is a pustule?

Answer 16

raised lesion that contains purulent exudate

Question 17

What is a vesicle

Answer 17

Elevated lesion that contains fluid, wall is think and lesion appears translucent,

Question 18

What is a bulla?

Answer 18

Large visscle

Question 19

What is a wheal?

Answer 19

“Hive”

Firm, edematous plaques, evanescent and pruritic

Question 20

What is the following:

“a hole in the skin, destruction of the epidermis and upper dermis, will heal with scarring”

Answer 20

Ulcer

Question 21

What is the following:
“abnormal formation of connective tissue formed with dermal tissue damage, initially thick but may become white and atrophic with time.”

Answer 21

Scar

Question 22

What is the following:

“abnormal shedding or accumulation of stratum corneum in perceptible flakes”

Answer 22

Scale

Question 23

What is the following:

“hardened deposits result when serum, blood, or purulent exudate dries on the skin surface”

Answer 23

Crust

Question 24

What is the following:

“linear cleavages or cracks in the skin, possibly painful”

Answer 24

Fissure

Question 25

What is the following:

“partial loss of skin surface, superficial”

Answer 25

Erosions

Question 26

What is the following:

“linear erosions induced by scratching”

Answer 26

Ecoriation

Question 27

What is the following:

“elevated channel in the superficial epidermis produced by a parasite such as scabies or worm”

Answer 27

Burrow

Question 28

What is the following:

“focal area of thickened skin produced by chronic scratching or rubbing, skin lines exaggerated or accentuated”

Answer 28

Lichenificiation

Question 29

What is the following:

“Small dilated superficial blood vessels that blanch with press”

Answer 29

Telangiectasias

Question 30

What is the following:

“extravasation of RBC into the dermis, do not blanch with pressure, usually smaller than 5mm in diameter”

Answer 30

Petechiae

Question 31

What is the following:

“Larger patches of extravasated blood cells, do not blanch with pressure”

Answer 31

Purpura

Question 32

What is the alphabet of melanoma?

Answer 32

A: Asymmetry 
B: Borders irregular
C: Color varies
D: Diameter > 6 mm
E: Elevation