Fingernail And Toenails

Question 1

Transverse horizontal depressions

Answer 1

Beau’s lines
Scarlet fever and zinc deficiency

Question 2

Increased angle (>180) between the base of the nail and nail bed

Answer 2

Clubbing
Chronic arterial desaturation (COPD)

Question 3

Spooning of nails

Answer 3

Koilonychia
Iron deficiency anemia

Question 4

Separation of nail from nail bed

Answer 4

Onycholysis
Trauma, Malnutrition, Thyroid disease

Question 5

Red or brown linear streaks in the distal extremely of the nail bed

Answer 5

Splinter hemorrhages

Question 6

A large circumscribed elevated lesion containing serious liquid

Blister from burn

Answer 6

Bulla

Question 7

Large hemorrhage

Bruise

Answer 7

Ecchymosis

Question 8

A small, circumscribed, flat, discolored lesion

Freckle or flat nevus

Answer 8

Macule

Question 9

A large, solid lesion that may be below or above the surface of the skin

Mole

Answer 9

Nodule

Question 10

A small, elevated solid lesion

Wart and acne
Eczema

Answer 10

Papule

Question 11

Discolored, circumscribed and flat or elevated groups of lesions

Measles rash

Answer 11

Patch

Question 12

Small hemorrhage

Answer 12

Petechiae

Question 13

Large, circumscribed, elevated and solid lesions

Pityriasis and thrush

Answer 13

Plaque

Question 14

Circumscribed, elevated lesion of varying size with pus

Inimpetigo and acne

Answer 14

Pustule

Question 15

Small, circumscribed, elevated lesion containing serous fluid

Herpes zoster

Answer 15

Vesicle

Question 16

Edematous and transitory papule

Hive, intradermal skin test

Answer 16

Wheal

Question 17

A mass of DRIED EXUDATES

Impetigo

Answer 17

Crust

Question 18

A SCRATCH MARK covered with blood or serous crust

Answer 18

Excoriation

Question 19

A LINEAR BREAK on the skin surface

Athlete’s foot

Answer 19

Fissure

Question 20

A hypertrophic scar

Excessive collagen production

Answer 20

Keloid

Question 21

THICKENING and ROUGHENING of skin with increased visibility of normal skin lines

Constant scratching or rubbing

Answer 21

Lichenification

Question 22

DEAD epidermal cells- flakes

Dandruff, Psoriasis

Answer 22

Scale

Question 23

Normal skin tissue has been replaced by connective tissue
Exceess collagen production

Surgical healing

Answer 23

Scar

Question 24

IRREGULARLY sized and shaped excavation that extends below the dermal skin layer

Pressure sore

Answer 24

Ulcer

Question 25

A pilosebaceous follicular plug of sebaceous and keratinous material

Answer 25

Comedo (blackhead)

Question 26

A small nodule with no visible opening

Answer 26

Milium (whitehead)

Question 27

A flat or elevated pigmented lesion

Answer 27

Nevus (mole)

Question 28

A small, raised, discolored, tender lesion on the pads of the fingers and toes associated with bacterial endocarditis

Answer 28

Osler's node

Question 29

Dilated superficial blood vessels

Answer 29

Telangiectasias

Question 30

Structure of nails Growing part of the nail Divide, mature, keratinize and move forward

Answer 30

Nail matrix

Question 31

Structure of nails Hard and translucent 0.3-0.5 mm

Answer 31

Nail plate

Question 32

Structure of nails Fold of the skin at the proximal end

Answer 32

Cuticle or eponychium

Question 33

Structure of nails Lateral fold on the sides

Answer 33

Paronychium

Question 34

Structure of nails Adherence connective tissue Rich in blood vessel

Answer 34

Nail bed

Question 35

Structure of nails Thick layer of epithelium

Answer 35

Crescent shaped lunula

Question 36

Structure of nails Beneath the free edge that consist of a thickened layer of stratum corneum

Answer 36

Hyponychium