Tucker- definitions

Question 1

Macule

Answer 1

A color change in the skin that is flat to the surface of the skin and not palpable.

Question 2

Papule

Answer 2

A papule is a solid raised lesion with distinct borders 1 cm or less in diameter.

Question 3

Nodule

Answer 3

A raised solid lesion with indistinct borders and a deep, palpable portion.

Question 4

Tumor

Answer 4

A large nodule

Question 5

Wheal

Answer 5

an area of tense edema in the upper dermis, produces a flat-topped, slightly raised lesion

Question 6

Vesicle

Answer 6

a raised lesion filled with clear fluid

Question 7

Bulla

Answer 7

large vesicles

Question 8

Cyst

Answer 8

a raised lesion that contains a palpable sac filled with fluid or semisolid material

Question 9

Pustule

Answer 9

a raised lesion filled with fluid exudate giving it a yellow appearance

Question 10

Petechia

Answer 10

nonblanching red or reddish purple macule

Question 11

Purpura

Answer 11

palpable petechiae

Question 12

Ecchymosis

Answer 12

large area of petechiae

Question 13

Exanthem

Answer 13

a skin eruption due to an illness

Question 14

Enanthem

Answer 14

an eruption of lesions in mucous membranes

Question 15

Atrophy

Answer 15

skin depression due to thinning or absence of dermis or subcutaneous fat

Question 16

Erosion

Answer 16

slightly depressed area representing a blister base with the roof of blister removed

Question 17

Crusting

Answer 17

represents dried exudate of plasma

Question 18

Scaling

Answer 18

Whitish plates on skin surface

Question 19

Desquamation

Answer 19

peeling of sheets of scale after an acute injury

Question 20

Excoriation

Answer 20

oval or linear depressions of skin with complete removal of epidermis

Question 21

Fissure

Answer 21

linear, wedge shaped cracks in the epidermis extending to the dermis

Question 22

Blanching

Answer 22

loss of color of a red or red brown lesion with compression of the superficial vascular plexus