Skin, Hair---Secondary Lesions

Question 1

Cicatrix (Scar)

Answer 1

a mark remaining after the healing of a wound, such as one caused by injury, illness, smallpox vaccination, or surgery.

Question 2

Crust

Answer 2

a formed outer layer, especially an outer layer of solid matter formed by drying of a bodily exudate or secretion.

Question 3

Erosion

Answer 3

Superficial destruction of a surface by friction, pressure, ulceration, or trauma.

Question 4

Fissure

Answer 4

A deep furrow, cleft, or slit; a gap between bones or bony elements.

Question 5

Keloid

Answer 5

a sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar, due to excessive collagen formation in the corium during connective tissue repair.

Question 6

Lichenification

Answer 6

thickening and hardening of the skin, with exaggeration of its normal markings.

Question 7

Scales

Answer 7

dry, flaky exfoliations of the skin without any discontinuity of its surface.

Question 8

Ulcer

Answer 8

a local defect, or excavation of the surface of an organ or tissue, produced by sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue.