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Skin, Hair, Nails Vocab Flashcards

1
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acrocyanosis

A

bluish discoloration to hands or feet (fine in newborns)

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alopecia

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hair loss

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3
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alopecia areata

A

patchy, non-scarring asymmetric hair loss in sharply delineated areas of scalp or beard

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4
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annular

A

ring-shaped (for lesion description)

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5
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atrophy

A

thinning skin

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bulla

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vesicle > 1 cm

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7
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vesicle

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clear, fluid filled, raised lesion < 1 cm diameter

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8
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cellulitis

A

diffuse acute skin infection (also sub-q tissue)

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9
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chloasma

A

facial discoloration common during pregnancy

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10
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confluent

A

lesions which run together can be described as ________.

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11
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crust

A

dried serum, blood, pus, over lesion

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12
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cutis marmorata

A

marbled skin appearance (on neonate) when around cold. (underdeveloped vasculature)

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cyst

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elevated, circumscribed, ENCAPSULATED lesion, dermis or sub-q, filled with liquid/semisolid

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14
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dermatomal

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along a dermatome

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15
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ecchymosis

A

bruise or contusion

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16
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eczematous dermatitis

A

inflammatory skin disorder presenting with pruritic papulovesicular lesions

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17
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erosion

A

loss of part of epidermis

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18
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erythema toxicum

A

benign, in neonates in 1st week, generalized small papules or pustules

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19
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excoration

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loss of epidermis, linear, hollowed, crusted

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20
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fissure

A

linear crack or break from epidermis to dermis

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folliculitis

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inflammation/infection of hair follicule + dermis

22
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furuncle

A

deep-seated infection of pilosebaceous unit

23
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Harlequin color change

A

another skin change in newborns with position

24
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keloid

A

irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar, excess collagen during healing

25
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lanugo

A

fine newborn hair, lost eventually

26
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lichenification

A

rough thickened epidermis secondary to persistent rubbing, eg flexor surface of extremity

27
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macule

A

flat area, < 1 cm diameter

28
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mongolian spots

A

areas of deep bluish gray on newborn sacrum

29
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morbilliform

A

maculopapular lesions confluent on face and body

30
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nevus

A

mole, varied in size or color

31
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nodule

A

elevated firm circumscribed lesion, 0.5-1cm OR 1-2cm diameter

32
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papule

A

flat, firm, < 1 cm diameter lesion

33
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patch

A

flat, non-palpable, > 1 cm

34
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petechiae

A

little minute hemorrages

35
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pityriasis rosea

A

self-limiting exanthematous (maculopapular?) rash, onset with “herald patch”

36
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plaque

A

firm, elevated, rough, > 1 cm diameter

37
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psoriasis

A

chronic recurrent keratin sx disease

38
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pustule

A

pus filled elevated lesion (like vesicle, smaller than abscess)

39
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salmon patches

A

flat pink localized areas, mid-forehead, eyelids, upper lip back of newborn

40
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scale

A

heaped up keratinized cells, flaky skin, irregular in size

41
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scar

A

fibrous tissue, replaces after injury or laceration to dermis

42
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sebum

A

liquid that keeps skin from getting too dry

43
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stellate

A

star-shaped lesion

44
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telangiectasia

A

fine irregular red lines from capillary dilation

45
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tinea

A

group of non-candidal fungal infections (athlete’s foot for example)

46
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tumor

A

elevated, solid, deeper in dermis, > 2cm in diameter

47
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vellus hair

A

short fine non-pigmented

48
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vernix caseosa

A

mix of sebum, cornified epidermis covering baby at birth

49
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wheal

A

elevated irregularly shaped area of cutaneous edema

50
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ulcer

A

loss of epidermis, dermis, concave varying size

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