Skin Disorders

Question 1

A LOCALIZED POCKET OF INFECTION OR PRULENT EXUDATE SURROUNDED BY INFALMMATION

Answer 1

ABSCESS

Question 2

STRIPPING OFF SKIN, LEAVING BARE

Answer 2

DENUDE

Question 3

A PROTEIN THAT HELPS FORM HAIR, NAILS AND THE SKIN’S OTER LAYER (EPIDERMIS)

Answer 3

KERATIN

Question 4

A DISCOLORED SKIN LESION THAT IS NOT ELEVATED ABOVE THE SKIN SURFACE

Answer 4

MACULE

Question 5

OILY SUBSTANCE PRODUCED IN TEH SEBACEOUS GLANDS

Answer 5

SEBRUM

Question 6

HOW MANY LAYERS DOES THE EPIDERMIS CONTAIN?

Answer 6

5

Question 7

A GRAFT CONTAINING EPIDERMIS AND ONLY A PORTION OF THE DERMIS

Answer 7

SPLIT-THICKNESS GRAFT

Question 8

A PROGRESSIVE DISEASE OF THE PALMAR FASCIA

Answer 8

DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

Question 9

A SCAR THAT IS HYPERTROPHIC AND BULBOUS AND USUALLY DOES NOT REDUCE OVERTIME

Answer 9

KELOID

Question 10

BURNED TISSUE THAT IS NONELASTIC AND MAY CONSTRICT UNDERLYING STRUCTURES

Answer 10

ESCHAR

Question 11

GRAFT WHICH IS DERIVED FROM PIG TISSUE

Answer 11

PORCINE

Question 12

THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF SKIN CANCER

Answer 12

BASAL CELL

Question 13

A GRAFT TRANSFERRED FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER

Answer 13

ALLOGRAFT

Question 14

REMOVAL OF NONVIABLE TISSUE FROM A NONHEALING OR TRAUMATIC WOUND

Answer 14

DEBRIDEMENT

Question 15

WHAT ARE NATURAL LINES IN THE SKIN THAT ARE USED AS LANDMARKS FOR PLASTIC SURGEONS TO PROVIDE OPTIMUM COSMETIC RESULTS

Answer 15

LANGER’S

Question 16

LARGE SCAR WITH A RAISED, NODULAR, AND REDDISH APPEARANCE

Answer 16

CICATRIX

Question 17

USING THE RULE OF NINES BURN ASSESSMENT CHART, WHAT PERCENTAGE IS GIVEN TO BOTH LEGS TOGETHER FRONT AND BACK

Answer 17

36%

Question 18

WHAT BURN IS CHARACTERIZED BY A WHITE PEARLY SKIN APPEARANCE AND INCLUDES ALL OF THE EPIDERMIS, DERMIS, AND SUBCUTANEOUS

Answer 18

THIRD DEGREE

Question 19

WHAT BURN IS CHARACTERIZED BY DESTRUCTION OF SKIN, MUSCLES, TENDONS, VESSELS, AND BONE

Answer 19

FOURTH DEGREE

Question 20

THE MOST AGGRESSIVE SKIN CANCER THAT CAN SPREAD TO OTHER ORGANS

Answer 20

MELANOMA

Question 21

THE BURN CLASSIFICATION THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DRY, PEARLY WHITE, OR CHARRED-APPEARING SURFACE

Answer 21

THIRD DEGREE

Question 22

A BAND OF SCAR TISSUE THAT BINDS TOGETHER TWO ANATOMICAL SURFACES THAT ARE NORMALLY SEPARATE

Answer 22

ADHESION

Question 23

WHAT TYPE OF SKIN GRAFT/FLAP WOULD PRESERVE SKIN SENSATON

Answer 23

PEDICLE