Skin & nails Flashcards
Result of inadequate circulating of blood or hemoglobin
Pallor
Is most evident in the nails beds, lips, and buccal mucosa.
Cyanosis
May first be evident in the sclera of the eyes
Jaundice
Skin redness
Erythema
patches of hyperpigmented skin
Vitiligo
presence of excess interstitial fluid
Edema
Flat unelevated change in color
Macule
Circumscribed, solid elevation of skin
Papule
Elevated, solid, hard mass that extends deeper into the dermis than a papule
Nodule
Vesicle or bulla filled with pus
Pustule
A circumscribed, round or oval, thin translucent mass filled with serous fluid or blood
Vesicle
semisolid mass arising from the subcutaneous tissue or dermis
Cyst
a reddened localized collection of edema fluid
Wheal
A translucent, dry, paper-like sometimes wrinkled skin surface resulting from thinning or wasting of skin due to loss of collagen or elastin
Atrophy
Wearing away of the superficial epidermis causing a moist, shallow depression
erosion
Rough, thickened, hardened area of epidermis resulting from chronic irritation such as scratching
Lichenification
Shredding flakes of greasy, keratinized skin tissue
Scales
Dry blood, serum or pus left on the skin
Crust
Deep irregularly shaped area of skin loss extending into the dermis
Ulcer
Linear crack with sharp edges
Fissure
Irregular of connective tissue left after a wound
Scar
Elevated scar
Keloid
linear erosion
Excoriation
A condition in which the angle of the nails is 180 degrees
Clubbing
can be carried out to test the capillary refill
Blanch test
Horizontal depressions in the nail that can result from injury or severe illness
Beau’s line
nail fungus
onychomycosis
an inflammation of the tissues surrounding the nail
paronychia
