Integumentary System: Symptomatic Terms

Question 1

an area of pathologically altered tissue

Answer 1

lesion

Question 2

lesions arising from previously normal skin

Answer 2

primary lesions

Question 3

a flat, discolored spot on the skin up to 1 cm across (eg; freckle)

Answer 3

macule

Question 4

a flat, discolored area on the skin larger than 1 cm (eg; vitiligo)

Answer 4

patch

Question 5

a solid mass on the skin up to 0.5 cm in diameter (eg; nevus or mole)

Answer 5

papule

Question 6

a solid mass greater than 1 cm in diameter, limited to the surface of the skin

Answer 6

plaque

Question 7

solid mass greater than 1 cm, which extends deeper into the epidermis

Answer 7

nodule

Question 8

a solid mas larger than 1-2 cm

Answer 8

tumor

Question 9

an area of localized skin edema (swelling)

Answer 9

wheal

Question 10

little bladder; an elevated, fluid-filled sac (blister) within or under the epidermis up to 0.5 cm in diameter

Answer 10

vesicle

Question 11

a blister larger than 0.5cm

Answer 11

bulla

Question 12

a pus-filled sac

Answer 12

pustule

Question 13

lesions that result in changes in primary lesions

Answer 13

secondary lesions

Question 14

to gnaw away; loss of superficial epidermis leaving an area of moisture but no bleeding

Answer 14

erosion

Question 15

an open sore on the skin or mucous membrane that can bleed and scar and is sometimes accompanied by infection

Answer 15

ulcer

Question 16

a scratch mark

Answer 16

excoriation

Question 17

a linear crack in the skin

Answer 17

fissure

Question 18

a thin flake of exfoliated epidermis

Answer 18

scale

Question 19

dried residue of serum, pus, or blood on the skin

Answer 19

crust

Question 20

a mark left by the healing of a sore or wound showing the replacement of destroyed tissue by fibrous tissue (cicatrix = scar)

Answer 20

cicatrix of the skin

Question 21

an abnormal overgrowth of scar tissue that is thick and irregular

Answer 21

keloid

Question 22

lesions of a blood vessel

Answer 22

vascular lesions

Question 23

a small, round, bright-red blood vessel tumor on the skin, often on the trunk of the elderly

Answer 23

cherry angioma

Question 24

a tiny, red blood vessel lesion formed by the dilation of a group of blood vessels radiating from a central arteriole

Answer 24

telangiectasia

Question 25

most commonly seen on the face, neck, or chest

Answer 25

spider angioma

Question 26

purpura; lesions as a result of hemorrhages into the skin

Answer 26

purpuric lesions

Question 27

spot; a redish-brown, minute hemorrhagic spot on the skin that indicates a bleeding tendency-small purpura

Answer 27

petechia

Question 28

bruise; a black and blue mark-large purpura

Answer 28

ecchymosis

Question 29

skin tumors arising from the epidermis

Answer 29

epidermal tumors

Question 30

a congenital malformation on the skin that can be epidermal or vascular - also called a mole

Answer 30

nevus

Question 31

a mole with precancerous changes

Answer 31

dysplastic nevus

Question 32

an epidermal tumor caused by a papilloma virus - also called a wart

Answer 32

verruca