Integumentary-Assessment Findings

Question 1

Alopecia

Answer 1

Loss of hair

Question 2

Angioma

Answer 2

blood/lymph tumor

Question 3

carotenemia

Answer 3

yellow discoloration of skin; no yellowing of sclera; most noticeable on palms and soles of feet

Question 4

comedo

Answer 4

enlarged hard follicle plugged with sebum, bacteria, skin cells. open=blackheads; closed=whiteheads

Question 5

cyst

Answer 5

sac containing fluid or semisolid material

Question 6

hematoma

Answer 6

extravasion of blood. visible swelling

Question 7

hirtuism

Answer 7

male distibution of hair in women

Question 8

intertrego

Answer 8

fungal infection in skin folds; cuased by candida albicans

Question 9

lichenification

Answer 9

thickening of skin with accentuated normal skin markings. likelt to occur where there is frequest scratching

Question 10

mole (nevus)

Answer 10

benign overgrowth of melanocytes

Question 11

vitiligo

Answer 11

complete absence of melanin

Question 12

varicosities

Answer 12

increased prevalence of superficial veins

Question 13

telangiectasia

Answer 13

visibly dilated, superficail, cutaneous, small vessels; usually found on face and thighs