Integumentary Flashcards
Any single area of altered skin
Lesion
A widespread eruption of lesions
Rash
The most common cause of diffuse hair thinning
Male and female pattern baldness
A circumscribed flat are of change in color of the skin <1 cm in diameter.
Macule
A circumscribed flat area of change in color of the skin >1 cm in diameter.
Patch
A small elevation of the skin <1 cm in diameter.
Papule
A large flatter elevation of the skin, sometimes formed by papules coalescing.
Plaque
A solid elevation of the skin >1 cm in diameter that usually extends into the deeper skin layers.
Nodule
A small circumscribed elevation of the epidermis filled with purulent fluid.
Pustule
A small circumscribed elevation of the epidermis containing clear fluid <1 cm in diameter.
Vesicle
A circumscribed elevation of the epidermis containing clear fluid >1 cm diameter.
Bulla
A circumscribed, raised lesion consisting of dermal edema and is also known as hives or urticaria. Typically last <24 hours.
Wheal
Loss of epidermal or mucosal epithelium
Erosions
Deeper loss of the epidermis and at least the upper dermis
Ulcers
Non-blanchable punctuate foci of hemorrhage
Petechiae
