Skin, Hair, Nails Flashcards
Alopecia
balding, no cause
Annular
circular lesion, ring worm
Atrophy
wasting of tissue/organ/body, malnutrition, hormonal changes, ischemia
Beau’s Lines
Depression across nail, trauma at nail bed
Bulla
fluid filled lesion, superficial in epidermis, friction blister
Confluent
Lesions run together (shape)
Crust
thickened dried out exudate
Cutaneous tags
skin tag (short narrow stalk)
Cyanosis
Skin color change to blue
Cyst
encapsulated fluid filled cavity in dermis/fat
Ecchymosis
purplish patch resulting from extravasation of blood into skin
Edema
fluid accumulating in intercellular spaces (swelling)
Erosion
scooped/shallow depression where epidermis is lost
Erythema
Intense redness from excess blood in dilated superficial caps
Excoriation
self inflicted abrasion
Fissure
Linear crack with abrupt edges into dermis
Jaundice
yellow skin change (increased bilibubin in blood)
Keloid
hypertrophic scar
Macules
color change skin lesion, freckle
Nevus
small mole, good borders, symmetry and norm color
Nodule
solid, elevated, hard - may go into dermis
Pallor
White skin color
Papule
something you can feel
Plague
papular unity
Purulent
pus
Pustule
elevated pus filled (acne)
Scar
replacing of skin tissue with connective tissue
senile lentingines
cluster of melanocytes-liver spots
serosanginous exudate
both serum and blood exudate
serous exudate
watery exudate
Telingiectasias
permanently enlarged and dilated blood vessels visible on skin
Turgor
elasticity of skin
Ulcer
Deeper depression extending into dermis
Vesicle
elevated cavity containing free fluid
Vitiligo
patchy areas of white
Wheal
superficial, raised transient (mosquito bite)
Xerosis
dry skin
Actinic Keratoses
red tan scaly plaques
Acrochordons
skin tags
sebaceous hyperplasia
raised yellow papules with central depression (men forehead)
