Skin Examination

Question 1

what are you looking for when you assess distribution of skin disease?

Answer 1

which areas are affected

Question 2

what are you looking for when you assess configuration of skin disease?

Answer 2

how lesions are arranged

Question 3

what are you looking for when you assess morphology of skin disease?

Answer 3

what the lesions look like

Question 4

what is onycholyisis?

Answer 4

separation of the nail from the nail bed

Question 5

what is hypertrichosis?

Answer 5

excess hair growth

Question 6

what is hirsutism?

Answer 6

male pattern hair growth in women

Question 7

what is alopecia?

Answer 7

hair loss

Question 8

when would a rash be described as purpura?

Answer 8

red
does not blanche
may be raised

Question 9

what is petechia?

Answer 9

1-2 mm of purpura

Question 10

when would a rash be described as erythema?

Answer 10

red

blanches on pressure

Question 11

true or false: hypopigmentation of skin is caused by excess melanin

Answer 11

false

caused by low melanin

Question 12

what would you call a flat lesion thats smaller than 1cm?

Answer 12

macule

Question 13

what would you call a flat lesion thats larger than 1cm?

Answer 13

patch

Question 14

what would you call a raised lesion thats smaller then 0.5cm?

Answer 14

papule

Question 15

what would you call a raised lesion thats more than 0.5cm?

Answer 15

nodule

Question 16

what would you call a raised and flat lesion thats larger than 1cm?

Answer 16

plaque

Question 17

what is a wheal?

Answer 17

compressible dermal swelling

no fluid

Question 18

what would you call a fluid filled raised lesion less than 0.5cm?

Answer 18

vesicle

Question 19

what would you call a fluid filled lesion more than 0.5cm?

Answer 19

bulla

Question 20

what is a cyst?

Answer 20

a nodule containing semi-solid material

Question 21

what is a pustule?

Answer 21

a pus filled raised lesion

Question 22

what do you call a break in epidermis?

Answer 22

erosion

Question 23

what do you call a break into the dermis?

Answer 23

an ulcer