Secondary Features

Question 1

loose or adherent flakes composed of stratum corneum cells

Answer 1

scale

Question 2

deposits of serum, pus, and/or blood, may be yellow, brown, black, or green

Answer 2

crust

Question 3

thickening of the epidermis and acentuattion of skin markings

Answer 3

lichenification

Question 4

linear, sharply defined, deep crack in the skin

Answer 4

fissure

Question 5

localized loss of part or all of the epidermis

Answer 5

erosion

Question 6

linear or punctate, superficial, erosions in the epidermis caused by fingernails and sharp objects. it may extend into the dermis

Answer 6

excoriation

Question 7

loss of the entire epidermis and a portion of the dermis. May extend into subcutaneous tissue

Answer 7

ulcer

Question 8

black, hard crust resultig from tissue necrosis of the epidermis and or dermis

Answer 8

eschar

Question 9

depression and/or surface chnage in skin as the result of diminution of a components of the epidermis, dermis, or fat

Answer 9

atrophy

Question 10

depressed or elevated proliferation of connective tissue that has replaced inflamed or traumatized skin

Answer 10

scar