THE SKIN INTRODUCTION & EXAMINATION

Question 1

DERMATOLOGY

Answer 1

THE STUDY OF THE SKIN AND ITS DISEASES

Question 2

PHYSIOLOGY – FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF THE SKIN

Answer 2

1. COSMETIC
2. PROTECT FROM EXTERNAL INJURY
3. TEMPERATURE CONTROL
4. SENSORY ORGAN
5. ABSORBS ULTRA-VIOLET RADIATION
6. METABOLIZES VITAMIN D
7. FLUID BALANCE – SWEATING
8. SYNTHESIZES PROTECTIVE EPIDERMAL LIPIDS

Question 3

MACULE

Answer 3

FLAT LESION NON-PALPABLE

Question 4

PATCH

Answer 4

IS A MACULE LARGER THAN 1.5-2CM

Question 5

PAPULE

Answer 5

LESION VISIBLY RAISED ABOVE THE KIN

USUALLY LESS THAN 5 MM IN DIAMETER

Question 6

MAY INVOLVE THE DERMIS OR SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES

Answer 6

LIPOMA

Question 7

NODULE

Answer 7

IS A PAPULE >5-15MM,NODULES BEGIN AS PAPULES

Question 8

PLAQUE

Answer 8

RAISED LESION WITH A FLAT TOPWHOSE DIAMETER IS > THAN DEGREE OF ELEVATION

Question 9

WEAL

Answer 9

TRANSIENT SWELLING OF THE SKIN DUE TO DERMAL FLUID

PALPABLE

Question 10

VESICLE

Answer 10

BLISTER LESION<5MM IN DIAMETER DISCRETE ACCUMMULATION OF CLEAR FLUID

Question 11

BULLA[E]

Answer 11

IS VESICLE >5-10MM

Question 12

PUSTULE

Answer 12

VISICLE OR BULLA FILLED WITH PUS OR DEAD WBCsPALPALE & VISIBLE

Question 13

EROSION

Answer 13

IS A SUPERFICIAL BREAK IN THE INTERGRITY OF THE EPIDERMIS ONLY

Question 14

ULCER

Answer 14

IS A BREAK IN THE EPIDERMIS EXTENDING INTO THE DERMIS [AND BEYOND]

Question 15

EXCORIATION

Answer 15

IS AN EROSION OR ULCER CAUSED BY AN EXTERNAL CAUSE - SCRATCH

Question 16

FISSURE

Answer 16

SMALL, DEEP, NARROW ULCER,TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS ANGULAR CHEILITIS

Question 17

SCALE

Answer 17

ACCUMMULATION OF KERATINIZED EPIDERMAL CELLS

Question 18

CRUST

Answer 18

DRIED EXUDATE = BLOOD OR SEROUS FLUID ON THE SURFACE OF LESIONS

Question 19

ATROPHY

Answer 19

LOSS OF SKIN SUBSTANCE

Question 20

SCLEROSIS

Answer 20

INCREASED DERMAL COLLAGENSKIN FEELS FIRM AND INDURATED

Question 21

ERYTHEMA

Answer 21

DIFFUSE REDNESS DUE TO VASODILATATION OR INCREASED BLOOD FLOW

Question 22

TELENGIECTASIA

Answer 22

INDIVIDUALLY VISIBLE DILATED VESSELS

Question 23

PURPURA

Answer 23

EXTRAVASATED BLOOD

Question 24

PETECHIAE

Answer 24

IS PINPOINT PURPURA OR EXTRAVASATED BLOOD

Question 25

ECCHYMOSIS

Answer 25

IS PURPURA OR EXTRAVASATED BLOOD OVER A LARGE AREA

Question 26

DISCOID OR NUMMULAR

Answer 26

COIN SHAPED LESION

Question 27

ANNULAR

Answer 27

DESCRIBES A RING SHAPED LESION

Question 28

TARGET

Answer 28

REFERS TO ARRANGEMENT OF CONCENTRIC RINGS E.G. BULL’S EYE SHAPED LESION

Question 29

ARCUATE OR CIRCINATE

Answer 29

REFERS TO CURVED LESION WITH APPEARANCE OF PART OF AN ARC OF A CIRCLE

Question 30

POLYCYCLIC

Answer 30

DESCRIBES INTERLOCKING OR COALESCED UNFILLED CIRCLES

Question 31

STELLATE

Answer 31

STAR SHAPED LESION

Question 32

OVAL

Answer 32

IS OVAL

Question 33

DIGITATE

Answer 33

FINGER LIKE,ELONGATED OVALS

Question 34

SERPINOUS

Answer 34

SNAKE LIKE