skin diseases

Question 1

DERMATOLOGY

Answer 1

BRANCH OF MEDICAL SCIENCE THAT STUDIES AND TREATS THE SKIN AND ITS DISORDERS AND DISEASES

Question 2

DERMATOLOGIST

Answer 2

PHYSICIAN WHO TREATS DISORDERS AND DISEASES OF SKIN

Question 3

LESIONS

Answer 3

STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN TISSUES CAUSED BY DAMAGE OR INJURY

Question 4

3 TYPES OF LESIONS

Answer 4

PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY/VASCULAR LESIONS

Question 5

VASCULAR/ TERTIARY LESIONS ARE

Answer 5

LESIONS THAT INVOLVE THE BLOOD OR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Question 6

PRIMARY LESIONS

Answer 6

LESIONS IN INITIAL STATES OF DEVELOPMENT OR CHANGE

Question 7

BULLA
DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES

Answer 7

LARGE BLISTER CONTAINING WATERY FLUID, SIMILAR TO VESICLE
EX. CONTACT DERMATITIS, LARGE SECOND DEGREE BURNS, BULBOUS IMPETIGO, PEMPHIGUS

Question 8

CYST AND TUBERCLE

Answer 8

CLOSED ABNORMALLY DEVELOPED SAC THAT CONTAINS PUS OR SEMIFLUID, OR MORBID MATTER

Question 9

A CYST CAN BE ______AND A TUBERCLE CANNOT BE _____

Answer 9

DRAINED

Question 10

MACULE

Answer 10

FLAT SPOT OR DISCOLORATION ON SKIN,
FRECKLE OR AGE SPOT

Question 11

PAPULE

Answer 11

SMALL ELEVATION ON THE SKIN THAT CONTAINS NO FLUID, BUT PUS MAY DEVELOP
ACNE, WARTS, ELEVATED NEVI

Question 12

NODULE

Answer 12

A SOLID BUMP LARGER THAN .4 INCHES. 1 CM THAT CAN BE EASILY FELT
SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES, RHEUMATOID NODULES

Question 13

PUSTULE

Answer 13

RAISED INFLAMED, PAPULE, WITH A WHITE OR YELLOW CENTER CONTAINING PUS IN THE TOP OF THE LESION
ACNE, IMPETIGO, FOLLICULITIS

Question 14

TUMOR

Answer 14

ABNORMAL MASS VARYING IN SIZE, SHAPE, AND COLOR.
ANY ABNORMAL MASS, NOT ALWAYS CANCER
EX. CANCER

Question 15

VESICLE

Answer 15

SMALL BLISTER OR SAC CONTAINING CLEAR FLUID, LYING WITHIN OR JUST BENEATH THE EPIDERMIS.
UNTREATABLE W/OTC
EX. POISON IVY, POISON OAK

Question 16

WHEAL

Answer 16

AN ITCHY, SWOLLEN LESION THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY A BLOW, SCRATCH, BITE OF AN INSECT, OR UTICARIA (SKIN ALLERGY), OR STING OF NETTLE. TYPICALLY RESOLVES ON ITS OWN UNLESS LAST 3 OR MORE DAYS.
HIVES, MOSQUITO BITE

Question 17

SECONDARY SKIN LESIONS ARE

Answer 17

BY PILES OF MATERIAL ON THE SKIN SURFACE— CRUST OR SCAB, OR BY DEPRESSIONS ON SKIN SURFACE, SUCH AS ULCER

Question 18

CRUST

Answer 18

DEAD CELLS THAT FORM OVER A WOUND OR BLEMISH WHILE HEALING; ACCUMULATION OF SEBUM AND PUS, SOMETIMES MIXED WITH EPIDERMAL CELLS
EX. SCAB OR SORES

Question 19

EXCORIATION

Answer 19

SKIN SORE OR ABRASION PRODUCED BY SCRATCHING OR SCRAPING
NAIL CUTICLE DAMAGE FROM NAIL BITING

Question 20

FISSURE

Answer 20

CRACK IN SKINT THAT PENETRATES THE DERMIS
SEVERELY CRACKED OR CHAPPED HANDS, LIPS OR FEET

Question 21

KELOID

Answer 21

THICK SCAR RESULTING FROM EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF FIBROUS TISSUE. KELOIDS WILL FORM ALONG ANY TYPE OF SCAR FOR PEOPLE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THEM

Question 22

SCALE

Answer 22

THIN, DRY, OILY PLATE OF EPIDERMAL FLAKES
—DANDRUFF, PSORIASIS

Question 23

SCAR OR CICATRIX

Answer 23

SLIGHTLY RAISED OR DEPRESSED AREA OF THE SKIN THAT FORMS AS A RESULT OF HEALING PROCESS RELATED TO AN INJURY OR LESION
POST-OPERATIVE REPAIR

Question 24

ULCER

Answer 24

OPEN LESION ON THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE OF THE BODY; ACCOMPANIED BY LOSS OF SKIN DEPTH AND POSSIBLY WEEPING OF FLUIDS OR PUS. PARTICULARLY UNDERLYING TO MEDICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS DIABETES
CHICKEN POX, HERPES

Question 25

ACTINIC KERATOSIS

Answer 25

A PINK OR FLESH COLORED PRECANCEROUS LESION THAT FEELS SHARP OR ROUGH AS A RESULT OF SUN DAMAGE

Question 26

THREE TYPES OF CANCER

Answer 26

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA, MALIGNANT MELENOMA

Question 27

NORMAL MOLE

Answer 27

SMALL BROWNISH SPOT ON THE SKIN RANGING IN COLOR FROM PALE TAN OR BLUISH BLACK. NOT A TYPE OF SKIN CANCER