Med Terms 5

Question 1

Cutaneous

Answer 1

Pertaining to the skin

Question 2

Systemic

Answer 2

Relative or pertaining to a system

Question 3

Therapeutic

Answer 3

Pertaining to results obtained from treatment

Having medicinal or healing properties

Question 4

Lesion

Answer 4

A region in an organ or tissue that has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, tumor

Question 5

Abrasion

Answer 5

The process of scraping or wearing away

Question 6

Abscess

Answer 6

A localized collection of pus in any body part, resulting from invasion of a pyogenic bacterium or other pathogen

Question 7

Furuncle

Answer 7

Boil

Question 8

Carbuncle

Answer 8

A painful, deep abscess of the skin involving multiple hair follicles, formed by the merger of two or more boils

Question 9

Alopecia

Answer 9

Absence or loss of hair especially of the head

Question 10

Acne

Answer 10

An inflammatory disease of the sebaceous follicles of the skin

Question 11

Hirsutism

Answer 11

Excessive growth of hair or the presence of hair in unusual places especially in women

Question 12

Cyst

Answer 12

A closed sac or pouch with a definite wall, containing fluid, semifluid or solid material

Question 13

Eczema

Answer 13

A general term for an itchy red rash that initially weeps or oozes serum and may become crusted, thickened or scaly

Question 14

Gangrene

Answer 14

Necrosis usually resulting from deficient or absent blood supply

Question 15

Contusion

Answer 15

Bruise

Question 16

Ecchymosis

Answer 16

Superficial bleeding under the skin or a mucus membrane

Question 17

Petechiae

Answer 17

Small, purplish, hemorrhagic spots on the skin that appear in patients with platelet deficiencies and in many febrile illnesses

Question 18

Hematoma

Answer 18

A swelling comprising a mass of extravasated blood (usually clotted) confined to an organ, tissue, or space and caused by a break in a blood vessel

Question 19

Melanoma

Answer 19

A malignant tumor of darkly pigmented cells that often arises in a brown or black mole

Question 20

First-degree burn

Answer 20

Result in pain and reddening of the epidermis

Question 21

Second-degree burn

Answer 21

Partial thickness burn

Affect the epidermis and the dermis

Question 22

Third-degree burn

Answer 22

Full thickness burns

Go through dermis and affect deeper tissues; result in white or blackened charred skin

Question 23

Impetigo

Answer 23

A scabby eruption on the skin

A contagious bacterial infection of the epidermis characterized by yellow to red, weeping and crusted or pustular lesions

Question 24

Keloid

Answer 24

An exuberant scar that forms at the site of an injury or incision and spreads beyond the borders of the original lesion

Question 25

Psoriasis

Answer 25

A chronic skin disorder in which red papules and scaly silvery plaques with sharply defined borders appear on the body surface

Question 26

Tinea

Answer 26

Any fungal skin disease occurring on various parts of the body

Question 27

Scabies

Answer 27

A contagious infestation of the skin with the itch mite

Question 28

Ulcer

Answer 28

An open sore that forms on an epithelial surface; skin, mucous membranes or the lining of the gastrointestinal tract, marked by inflammation, necrosis, and slouching of damaged tissues

Question 29

Pressure ulcer

Answer 29

Vulnerable to localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence as a result of pressure

Question 30

Urticaria

Answer 30

An allergic reaction marked by multiple discrete swellings on the skin that are intensely itchy and last up to 24 hr

Question 31

Verruca

Answer 31

Wart

Question 32

Vesicle

Answer 32

A membrane bound container made inside a cell and occasionally released from it

A small blister-like elevation on the skin containing serous fluid

Question 33

Vitiligo

Answer 33

A skin disorder characterized by the localized loss of melanocytes with patchy loss of skin pigment

Question 34

Wheal

Answer 34

A more or less round and temporary elevation of the skin, white in the center with a pale-red periphery, and itching

Question 35

Debridement

Answer 35

The removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue in a wound

Question 36

Autograft

Answer 36

A graft transferred from one part of a patients body to another

Question 37

Cryosurgery

Answer 37

The use of extremely cold probes to destroy lesions, including cancerous or infected tissues

Question 38

Dermabrasion

Answer 38

A surgical procedure for resurfacing the skin by brushing or grinding off the external layer

Question 39

Biopsy

Answer 39

A tissue sample removed from the body for microscopic examination, usually to establish a diagnosis

Question 40

Skin test

Answer 40

Any test in which a suspected allergen is applied to the skin