Skin, Hair, and Nails Vocab

Question 1

acrocyanosis

Answer 1

bluish discoloration of hands and feet, may be present at birth

Question 2

alopecia areata

Answer 2

patchy, nonscarring, asymmetric hair loss occurring in sharply defined areas of scalp or beard

Question 3

annular

Answer 3

shaped like a ring, lesion that forms a ring around a clear center of normal skin

Question 4

atrophy

Answer 4

thinning of skin surface and loss of skin markings. skin translucent and paper like

Question 5

bulla

Answer 5

vesicle greater than 1 cm in diameter

Question 6

cellulitis

Answer 6

diffuse, acute infection of skin and subcuatneous tissue

Question 7

confluent

Answer 7

lesions that run together

Question 8

crust

Answer 8

dried serum, blood, or purulent exudates, slighted elevated

Question 9

cutis marmorata

Answer 9

marbled or mottle appearance of skin of a newborn when exposed to decreased temperatures. happens because newborn’s immature vascular system is unable to adapt to temp changes

Question 10

cyst

Answer 10

elevated, circumscrived, encapsulated lesion in dermis or subcuatnous layer. filled with liquid of semi=solid amterial

Question 11

dermatomal

Answer 11

lesion that follows a nerve of segment of body

Question 12

ecchymosis

Answer 12

contusion or bruis

Question 13

eczematous dermatitis

Answer 13

common inflammatory skin disorder presenting with pruritic papulovesicular lesions

Question 14

erosion

Answer 14

loss of part of epidermis, depressed, moist, glistening, follows rupture of vesicle or bulla

Question 15

erythema toxisum

Answer 15

common transient benign condition seen in newborns seen during the first week. generalized small papules or pustules

Question 16

exocriation

Answer 16

loss of epidermis. linear, hollowed-out crusted area

Question 17

fissue

Answer 17

linear crack or break from epidermis to dermis. may be moist or dry

Question 18

folliculitsi

Answer 18

inflammation and infection of the hair follicle and surrounded dermis

Question 19

furunle

Answer 19

deep seated infection of the pilosebaceous unit

Question 20

harlequin color change

Answer 20

skin coloration that occurs in some newborns in response to changes in position

Question 21

languga

Answer 21

fine, silky hair of newborn’s skin

Question 22

lichenificatino

Answer 22

rough, thickened epidermis secondary to persistent rubbing, itching, or skin irritation. often involves flexor surface of extremity

Question 23

macule

Answer 23

flat circumscribed area that is a change in color of skin. less than 1 cm in diameter

Question 24

mobilliform

Answer 24

maculopapular lesions that becomes confluent on the face and body

Question 25

nevus

Answer 25

mole that varies in size and color

Question 26

nodule

Answer 26

elevated, firm, circumscribe lesion, deeper in dermis than a papule. 1 to 2 cm in diameter

Question 27

papular

Answer 27

elevated, firm, circumscribed area, less than 1 cm in diameter

Question 28

patch

Answer 28

flat, nonpalpable, irregular shaped macule greater than 1 cm in diameter

Question 29

pityriasis rosea

Answer 29

common self limiting exanthematous rash whose onset is marked by a herald patch

Question 30

plaque

Answer 30

elevated, firm, and rough lesion with a flat top surface greater than 1 cm in diameter

Question 31

pustule

Answer 31

elevated, superficial lesion, similar to a vesicle but filled with purulent fluid

Question 32

salmon patches

Answer 32

flat, deep pink localized area usually seen on the mid=forehead, eyelids, upper lip and back of newborn

Question 33

sebum

Answer 33

lipid substance that keeps skin and hair from drying out

Question 34

stellate

Answer 34

star=shaped lesion

Question 35

telangiectasia

Answer 35

fine, irregular, red lines produced by capillary dilation

Question 36

tinea

Answer 36

group of noncandial fungal infection

Question 37

tumor

Answer 37

elevated and solid lesion, may or may not be clearly demarcated, deeper in dermis, greater than 2 cm in diameter

Question 38

vellus hair

Answer 38

short, fine, nonpigmented hair

Question 39

vernix caseosa

Answer 39

mixture of sebum and cornified epidermis that covers the infants body at birth

Question 40

vesicle

Answer 40

elevated, circumscribed, superficial, not into dermis, filled with serous fluid, less than 1 cm in diameter

Question 41

wheal

Answer 41

elevated, irregular shaped area of cutanoues edema, solid, transient, variable diameter

Question 42

ulcer

Answer 42

loss of epidermis and dermis, concave, varies in size