Milady Chapter 4: Skin Disorders and Diseases of the Skin Exam Review Flashcards
The medical term for hives is:
A) Folliculitis
B) Erythema
C) Urticaria
D) Perioral Dermatitis
The answer is:
Urticaria (wheel)
A cyst may contain:
A) Fluid
B) Infection
C) Other matter above or below the skin
D) All of the above
The answer is C:
All of the above
Scratching or scraping the skin can produce a(n):
A) Excoriation
B) Fissure
C) Keloid
D) Ulcer
The answer is A:
Excoriation
A thin plate of epidermal cells is called:
A) Dry skin
B) Dandruff
C) Asteatosis
D) Scale
The answer is D:
Scale
When tissue hardens to heal an injury, it results in a(n):
A) Crust
B) Scar
C) Cyst
D) Excoriation
The answer is B:
Scar
Which of these conditions often appears as light, pearly nodules:
A) Basal Cell Carcinoma
B) Malignant Melanoma
C) Herpes Simplex
D) Bacterial Conjunctivitis
The answer is A:
Basal Cell Carcinoma
The second most serious form of skin cancer is:
A) Malignant Melanoma
B) Malignant Carcinoma
C) Basal Cell Carcinoma
D) Squamous Cell Carcinoma
The answer is D:
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
What is the most deadly form of skin cancer?:
A) Squamous Cell Carcinoma
B) Malignant Melanoma
C) Basal Cell Carcinoma
D) Squamous Basal Carcinoma
The Answer is B:
Malignant Melanoma
What are nodules?:
A) Brown or wine-colored discolorations
B) Small bumps caused by conditions such as scar tissue or infections
C) Large blisters containing watery fluid
D) Clusters of boils
The answer is B:
Small bumps caused by conditions such as scar tissue or infections
What is a tubercle?
A) Open lesion on the skin or mucous membrane of the body
B) Abnormal rounded, solid lump larger than a papule
C) Yeast infection of the skin that inhibits melanin production
D) Another name for the contagious infection called ringworm
The answer is B:
Abnormal rounded, solid lump larger than a papule
What is a characteristic of the form of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma?
A) Pearly translucency to flesh color
B) Dark purple splotches at the joints
C) Scaly red or pink papules or nodules
D) Asymmetrical area and color variation
The answer is C:
Scaly red or pink papules or nodules
What is a light-colored, slightly raised mark on the skin that is formed after an injury or lesion of the skin has healed?
A) Stain
B) Wheal
C) Tan
D) Scar
The answer is D:
Scar
What is a bulla?
A) Mass of hardened sebum and skin cells in a hair follicle
B) Open comedone
C) Closed comedone
D) Large blister containing watery fluid that is larger than a vesicle
The answer is D:
Large blister containing watery fluid that is larger than a vesicle
What is a thick scar resulting from excessive growth of the fibrous tissue (collagen)?
A) Stain
B) Keloid
C) Wheal
D) Wen
The answer is B:
Keloid
What are secondary lesions?
A) benign outgrowths of the skin that look like flaps
B) thick scars resulting from excessive growth of the fibrous tissue
C) Brown or wine-colored discolorations
D) Skin damage that changes the structure of the tissues or organs
The answer is D:
Skin damage that changes the structure of the tissues or organs
What is a pustule?
A) Irritated vesicle
B) Inflamed papule
C) Inflamed wheal
D) Irritated wen
The answer is B:
Inflamed papule
What is true of a comedogenic product?
A) It tends to clog follicles and cause a buildup of dead skin cells
B) It has no adverse effects on the skin whatsoever
C) It helps clear up comedones quickly and safely
D) This sort of product should not be used on human skin
The answer is A:
It tends to clog follicles and cause a buildup of dead skin cells
What is crust an accumulation of?
A) Sweat and dirt
B) Water and salt)
C) Sebum and pus
D) Blood and lymph
The answer is C:
Sebum and pus
What are not examples of wheals?
A) Hives
B) Mosquito Bites
C) Urticaria
D) Pustules
The answer is D:
Pustules
What is a small blister or sac containing clear fluid called?
A) Vesicle
B) Carbuncle
C) Melanoma
D) Wen
The answer is A:
Vesicle
What is the common name for urticaria, which is caused by an allergic reaction from the body’s production of histamine?
A) Pinkeye
B) Ringworm
C) Scabies
D) Hives
The answer is D:
Hives
What accompanies an ulcer in addition to a loss of skin depth?
A) Pus
B) Blood
C) Lymph
D) Sebum
The answer is A:
Pus
What is the term for an abnormal cell mass that results form excessive cell multiplication and caries in size, shape, and color?
A) Tumor
B) Comedone
C) Skin Tag
D) Razor bump
The answer is A:
Tumor
What is used to describe any mark, wound, or abnormality?
A) Lesion
B) Papule
C) Cyst
D) Skin tag
The answer is A:
Lesion
What is leukoderma?
A) Flat, hairy spots on the skin
B) Light, abnormal patches of depigmented skin
C) Brown or wine-colored discoloration
D) Thick scar resulting from excessive fibrous tissue
The answer is B:
Light, abnormal patches of depigmented skin
What is the term for a flat spot of discoloration of the skin, such as a freckle?
A) Pustule
B) Cyst
C) Macule
D) Stain
The answer is C:
Macule
What is true of malignant melanoma?
A) It is a benign form of skin cancer
B) It is the least serious form of skin cancer
C) It is a moderately serious form of skin cancer
D) It is the most serious form of skin cancer
The answer is D:
It is the most serious form of skin cancer
What condition is known as melasma?
A) Hyperpigmentation
B) Hypopigmentation
C) Benign melanoma
D) Malignant melanoma
The answer is A:
Hyperpigmentation
