Skin Disorders Flashcards
A LOCALIZED POCKET OF INFECTION OR PRULENT EXUDATE SURROUNDED BY INFALMMATION
ABSCESS
STRIPPING OFF SKIN, LEAVING BARE
DENUDE
A PROTEIN THAT HELPS FORM HAIR, NAILS AND THE SKIN’S OTER LAYER (EPIDERMIS)
KERATIN
A DISCOLORED SKIN LESION THAT IS NOT ELEVATED ABOVE THE SKIN SURFACE
MACULE
OILY SUBSTANCE PRODUCED IN TEH SEBACEOUS GLANDS
SEBRUM
HOW MANY LAYERS DOES THE EPIDERMIS CONTAIN?
5
A GRAFT CONTAINING EPIDERMIS AND ONLY A PORTION OF THE DERMIS
SPLIT-THICKNESS GRAFT
A PROGRESSIVE DISEASE OF THE PALMAR FASCIA
DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
A SCAR THAT IS HYPERTROPHIC AND BULBOUS AND USUALLY DOES NOT REDUCE OVERTIME
KELOID
BURNED TISSUE THAT IS NONELASTIC AND MAY CONSTRICT UNDERLYING STRUCTURES
ESCHAR
GRAFT WHICH IS DERIVED FROM PIG TISSUE
PORCINE
THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF SKIN CANCER
BASAL CELL
A GRAFT TRANSFERRED FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER
ALLOGRAFT
REMOVAL OF NONVIABLE TISSUE FROM A NONHEALING OR TRAUMATIC WOUND
DEBRIDEMENT
WHAT ARE NATURAL LINES IN THE SKIN THAT ARE USED AS LANDMARKS FOR PLASTIC SURGEONS TO PROVIDE OPTIMUM COSMETIC RESULTS
LANGER’S
LARGE SCAR WITH A RAISED, NODULAR, AND REDDISH APPEARANCE
CICATRIX
USING THE RULE OF NINES BURN ASSESSMENT CHART, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS GIVEN TO BOTH LEGS TOGETHER FRONT AND BACK
36%
WHAT BURN IS CHARACTERIZED BY A WHITE PEARLY SKIN APPEARANCE AND INCLUDES ALL OF THE EPIDERMIS, DERMIS, AND SUBCUTANEOUS
THIRD DEGREE
WHAT BURN IS CHARACTERIZED BY DESTRUCTION OF SKIN, MUSCLES, TENDONS, VESSELS, AND BONE
FOURTH DEGREE
THE MOST AGGRESSIVE SKIN CANCER THAT CAN SPREAD TO OTHER ORGANS
MELANOMA
THE BURN CLASSIFICATION THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DRY, PEARLY WHITE, OR CHARRED-APPEARING SURFACE
THIRD DEGREE
A BAND OF SCAR TISSUE THAT BINDS TOGETHER TWO ANATOMICAL SURFACES THAT ARE NORMALLY SEPARATE
ADHESION
WHAT TYPE OF SKIN GRAFT/FLAP WOULD PRESERVE SKIN SENSATON
PEDICLE
