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SKIN Flashcards

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FUNCTIONS OF SKIN

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PROVIDES PROTECTIVE MEMBRANE

SKIN GLANDS LUBRICATE & COOL THE SKIN

RECEPTOR FOR SENSATIONS

HELPS MAINTAIN BODY TEMP

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PRODUCES SWEAT:

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SWEAT GLANDS PRODUCE A WATERY SECRETION THAT EVAPORATES AND COOLS

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PRODUCES SEBUM:

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SEBACEOUS GLANDS PRODUCE AN OILY SECRETION THAT LUBRICATES THE SKIN AND HAIR

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RECEIVES SENSATION:

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PAIN, TEMP, PRESSURE, AND TOUCH

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THERMOREGULATES:

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INTERPRETS MESSAGE FROM HEAT CENTER IN BRAIN

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EPIDERMIS

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OUTERMOST, THIN CELLULAR MEMBRANE

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DERMIS

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NEXT LAYER; DENSE FIBROUS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE (AFTER EPIDERMIS)

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SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE

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THICK, FAT CONTAINING, TISSUE

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ACCESSORY ORGANS OF THE SKIN:

HAIR:

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CELLS FILLED WITH THE HARD PROTEIN; KERATIN
- HAIR FOLLICLES: SHAFTS THAT HOLD THE HAIR
*FIVE MILLION HAIRS ON THE BODY; 100,000 ON THE HEAD
*MELANOCYTES AT THE ROOT FORM THE COLOR
*GROWS .5 INCH (1.3 CM) PER MONTH
*CUTTING DOES NOT AFFECT GROWTH

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NAILS

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HARD KERATIN PLATES COVERING TOES AND FINGERS. IN ORDER FROM TOP OF NAIL TO CUTICLE
- LUNULA. PARONYCHIUM
- CUTICLE. NAIL PLATE
- PARANYCHIUM LUNULA
CUTICLE

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GLANDS

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SEBACEOUS & SWEAT
- SEBACEOUS GLANDS SECRETE OILY SEBUM INTO THE HAIR FOLLICLE TO LUBRICATE
- SWEAT GLANDS SECRETE INTO PORES TO MOISTEN AND COOL
- BOTH ARE SUBJECT TO BACTERIAL GROWTH

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ADIPOCYTE

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FAT CELL

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ALBINO

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PERSON WITH SKIN DEFICIENT IN PIGMENT

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APOCRINE SWEAT GLAND

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ONE OF THE LARGE DERMAL EXOCRINE GLANDS LOCATED IN THE AXILLA AND GENITAL AREAS

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BASAL LAYER

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DEEPEST REGION OF THE EPIDERMIS; GIVES RISE TO ALL THE EPIDERMAL CELLS

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COLLAGEN

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STRUCTURAL PROTEIN FOUND IN THE SKIN AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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CUTICLE

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BAND OF EPIDERMIS AT THE BASE & SIDES OF NAIL PLATE

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DERMIS

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MIDDLE LAYER OF SKIN

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ECCRINE SWEAT

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MOST NUMEROUS SWEAT PRODUCING EXOCRINE GLAND IN SKIN

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EPIDERMIS

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OUTERMOST LAYER OF SKIN

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EPITHELIUM

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LAYER OF SKIN CELLS FORMING THE OUTER AND INNER SURFACES OF THE BODY

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HAIR FOLLICLE

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SAC WITHIN WHICH EACH HAIR GROWS

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INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM

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THE SKIN AND ITS ACCESSORY STRUCTURES SUCH AS HAIR AND NAILS

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KERATIN

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HARD PROTEIN MATERIAL FOUND IN THE EPIDERMIS, HAIR AND NAILS

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LUNULA

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HALF MOON SHAPED, WHITISH AREA AT BASE OF NAIL

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MELANIN

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SKIN PIGMENT FORMED BY MELANOCYTES IN THE EPIDERMIS

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PARANYCHIUM

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SOFT TISSUE SURROUNDING THE NAIL BORDER

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PORE

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TINY OPENING ON SURFACE OF SKIN

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SEBACEOUS GLAND

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OIL SECRETING GLAND IN THE DERMIS THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH HAIR FOLLICLES

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SEBUM

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OILY SUBSTANCE SECRETED BY SEBACEOUS GLANDS

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SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM

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FLAT, SCALE LIKE CELLS COMPOSING THE EPIDERMIS

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STRATIFIED

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ARRANGED IN LAYERS

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STRATUM OR STRATA

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A LAYER OF CELLS

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STRATUM CORNEUM

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OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS; CONSISTS OF FLATTENED , KERATINIZED CELLS

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SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER

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INNERMOST LAYER OF SKIN, CONTAINING FAT TISSUE

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ADIP/O

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FAT

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ALBIN/O

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WHITE

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CAUS/O

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BURN, BURNING

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CAUTER/O

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HEAT, BURN

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CUTANE/O, DERM/O, DERMAT/O

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SKIN

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DIAPHOR/O

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PROFUSE SWEATING

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ERYTHEM/O, ERYTHEMAT/O

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REDNESS

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HIDR/O

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SWEAT

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ICHTHY/O

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SCALY, DRY

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KERAT/O

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HARD, HORNY TISSUE

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LEUK/O

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WHITE

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LIP/O

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FAT

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MELAN/O

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BLACK

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MYC/O

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FUNGUS

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ONYCH/O

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NAIL

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PHYT/O

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PLANT

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PIL/O

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HAIR, HAIR FOLLICLE

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PY/O

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PUS

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RHYTHID/O

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WRINKLE

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SEB/O

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SEBUM

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SQUAM/O

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SCALE-LIKE

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STEAT/O

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FAT

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TRICH/O

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HAIR

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UNGU/O

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NAIL

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XANTH/O

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YELLOW

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XER/O

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DRY

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ALOPECIA

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THE ABSENCE OF HAIR WHERE IT NORMALLY GROWS

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ECCHYMOSIS

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BLUE-BLACK MARKS ON THE SKIN

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PETECHIA

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SMALL PINPOINT HEMORRHAGE

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URTICARIA

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AN ACUTE ALLERGIC REACTION WITH RED, ROUND, WHEELS ON THE SKIN (HIVES)

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ACNE

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PAPULAR & PUSTULAR ERUPTION OF SKIN WITH INCREASED PRODUCTION OF SEBUM

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BURNS

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INJURY TO TISSUE DUE TO HEAT, CHEMICAL, ELECTRIC SHOCK, LIGHTENING, OR RADIATION.

68
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CELLULITIS

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A DIFFUSE ACUTE INFECTION OF SKIN

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ECZEMA (ATOPIC DERMATITIS)

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INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN WITH ERYTHEMATOUS & PAPULOVESICULAR LESIONS CAUSED BY ALLERGY

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EXANTHEMATOUS VIRAL DISEASES

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A RASH DUE TO VIRUS, FOR EX. RUBELLA

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GANGRENE

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THE DEATH OF TISSUE WITH LOSS OF BLOOD SUPPLY

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IMPETIGO

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CONTAGIOUS PYODERMA CAUSED BY STAPH OR STREP

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PSORIASIS

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CHRONIC RECURRENT DERMATOSIS WITH SILVER GRAY SCALES THAT ITCH

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SCABIES

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PARASITIC (TINY MITES) AND INFECTIOUS PRURITUS

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SCLERODERMA

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CHRONIC AND PROGRESSIVE DISEASE OF SKIN WITH HARDENING OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOUS (SLE)

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AN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF COLLAGEN IN THE SKIN, JOINTS AND INTERNAL ORGANS

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TINEA

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INFECTION OF THE SKIN CAUSED BY A FUNGUS

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VITILIGO

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LOSS OF PIGMENT IN AREAS OF THE SKIN

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KERATOSIS

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THICKENED AREA OF EPIDERMIS

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LEUKOPLAKIA

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WHITE THICKENED PATCHES ON TONGUE OR CHEEK

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NEVUS (NEVI)

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PIGMENTED LESION

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VERRUCA

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WARTS CAUSED BY VIRUS

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BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

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MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE BASAL CELL LAYER OF EPIDERMIS

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SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA

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MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIAL CELLS OF EPIDERMIS

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THE ABCD’S OF MALIGNANT MELANOMA:

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A. ASYMMETRY
B. BORDER, IRREGULAR, OR CIRCUMSCRIBED
C. COLOR VARIATION
D. DIAMETER, USUALLY LARGER THAN 6MM

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KAPOSI SARCOMA

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MALIGNANT, VASCULAR, NEOPLASTIC GROWTH CHARACTERIZED BY CUTANEOUS NODULES

87
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LAB TESTS:

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BACTERIAL ANALYSIS: PUS OR FLUID SAMPLES EXAMINED TO DETECT MICROORGANISMS

FUNGAL TESTS: SCRAPINGS FOR CULTURE AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION AFTER TREATMENT WITH KOH

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CLINICAL PROCEDURES:

CRYOSURGERY:

A

DESTROY TISSUE WITH SUBZERO TEMPS USING LIQUID NITROGEN

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CLINICAL PROCEDURES:

CURETTAGE:

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SCRAPE LESION WITH SHARP CURET

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CLINICAL PROCEDURES:

ELECTRODESICCATION

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DESTROY TISSUE BY BURNING WITH ELECTRIC SPARK

91
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CLINICAL PROCEDURES:

MOHS SURGERY:

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REMOVES THIN LAYERS OF GROWTH TO EXAMINE UNDER A MICROSCOPE (BASAL & SQUAMOUS CELL)

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CLINICAL PROCEDURES:

SKIN BIOPSY:

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PUNCH AND SHAVE TO REMOVE FOR EXAM IN PATH LAB

93
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CLINICAL PROCEDURES:

SKIN TEST:

A

TEST REACTION OF BODY TO ALLERGEN WITH SKIN TEST (SCRATCH OR PATCH TEST)

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-ALGIA

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PAIN

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-DERMA

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SKIN

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-ESIS

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CONDITION

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-LYSIS

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BREAKDOWN; SEPARATION, DESTRUCTION; LOOSENING

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-ÖSE

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FULL OF; PERTAINING TO; SUGAR

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-OSIS

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CONDITION, USUALLY ABNORMAL

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-OUS

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PERTAINING TO

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-PLAKIA

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PLAQUE

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-PLASTY

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SURGICAL REPAIR

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-RRHEA

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FLOW, DISCHARGE

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