LS-3 Dermatology Observation & discovery 3.3

Question 1

Localized

Answer 1

specific area

Question 2

generalized

Answer 2

rash ALL OVER body

Question 3

Centrifugal

Answer 3

rash that Start from MIDDLE and work their way OUTWARD

Question 4

Centripetal

Answer 4

rashes spread from OUTSIDE INWARD

Question 5

Papules

Answer 5

small bumps under 1cm

Small solid mass (latin=pimple)

Question 6

Nodules

Answer 6

larger bumps over 1 cm

extends deeper into the skin

Question 7

Plaques

Answer 7

large and flat like a plateau (solid mass on surface of skin)

Question 8

Vesicles

Answer 8

small bumps (less than 1 cm) filled with clear fluid

Question 9

Pustules

Answer 9

bumps filled with pus

Question 10

Bulla

Answer 10

Larger vesicle such as a blister

Question 11

Abscess

Answer 11

Larger pustules

Question 12

Macule, macula

Answer 12

small, flat discolored area such as freckles

-(spot or stain Latin)

Question 13

Patch

Answer 13

(Vitiligo)

larger macule

Question 14

1st Degree Burn

Answer 14

Affects superficial layer or epidermis

sunburn

Question 15

2nd Degree Burn

Answer 15

Involves the dermis

Question 16

3rd Degree burn

Answer 16

injures subcutaneous layer

Question 17

4th degree burn

Answer 17

involves underlying tissue like bone, muscle or fascia

Question 18

Erosion

Answer 18

loss of skin

away/gnaw/eat

Question 19

Ulcer

Answer 19

a sore

Question 20

Excoriation

Answer 20

A scratch

Question 21

Fissure

Answer 21

a crack in the skin (L: split or divide)

Question 22

Scale

Answer 22

skin flaking off

Question 23

Crust

Answer 23

dried substance (blood, pus) on the skin

Question 24

Vascular Lesion

Answer 24

Wounds related to blood vessels

Question 25

Cherry Angioma

Answer 25

small blood vessel tumor

Question 26

Telangiectasia

Answer 26

(Spider angioma) tel/angi/ectasia overexpansion of the end of a blood vessel

Question 27

Petechia

Answer 27

small bruise

Question 28

ecchymosis

Answer 28

larger bruise

Question 29

keloid

Answer 29

overgrowth of scar tissue | tumor resembling

Question 30

cicatrix (plural: cicatrices)

Answer 30

scar

Question 31

epidermal tumors

Answer 31

tumors on the skin

Question 32

nevus

Answer 32

mole (mole or birthmark)

Question 33

dysplastic nevus

Answer 33

a mole with bad changes/formations (often precancerous)

Question 34

verruca

Answer 34

wart

Question 35

Culture & Sensitivity (C&S)

Answer 35

growing microorganisms in isolation in order to determine which drugs they might respond to

Question 36

Biopsy (Bx)

Answer 36

removal of tissue in order to examine it with your own 2 eyes (two/eye/procedure)

Question 37

Excisional Biopsy

Answer 37

removal of an entire lesion for examination (to cut it out)

Question 38

Incisional biopsy

Answer 38

(to cut into it) removal of part of lesion for examination

Question 39

Dermatoscope

Answer 39

instrument used to look at the skin

Question 40

dermoscopy

Answer 40

procedure for looking at the skin

Question 41

adipocele

Answer 41

hernia filled with fatty tissue

Question 42

dermatofibroma

Answer 42

fibrous skin tumor

Question 43

erythrocyanosis

Answer 43

red and or blue discoloration of the skin

Question 44

keratogenic

Answer 44

causing horny tissue development

Question 45

keratosis

Answer 45

horny tissue condition

Question 46

necrosis

Answer 46

tissue death

Question 47

onychia

Answer 47

a nail condition

Question 48

onychocryptosis

Answer 48

an ingrown nail

Question 49

abnormal softening of a nail

Answer 49

onychomalacia

Question 50

onychopathy

Answer 50

nail disease

Question 51

onychophagia

Answer 51

eating (biting) the nail

Question 52

pachyderma

Answer 52

tough skin

Question 53

paronychia

Answer 53

condition of the tissue around a nail

Question 54

steatoma

Answer 54

fatty tumor

Question 55

xanthoma

Answer 55

yellow tumor