Chapter 4 non word parts part 2

Question 1

Destruction of tissue with hot or cold instrument, electric current, or caustic substance.

Answer 1

Cauterization

Question 2

Technique of microscopically controlled serial excisions of a skin cancer.

Answer 2

Mohs surgery

Question 3

Skin transplanted to replace a lost portion of skin.

Answer 3

Skin graft

Question 4

Destruction of tissue by using extreme cold, often by using liquid nitrogen.

Answer 4

Cryosurgery

Question 5

Surgical cut made to allow the free flow or withdrawal of fluids from a lesion, wound or cavity.

Answer 5

Incision and drainage (I&D)

Question 6

To stitch edges of a wound surgically.

Answer 6

Suturing

Question 7

Removal of contaminated or dead tissue and foreign matter from an open wound.

Answer 7

Debridement

Question 8

Procedure to remove skin scars with abrasive material, such as sandpaper.

Answer 8

Dermabrasion

Question 9

View of life (removal of living tissue from the body to viewed under microscope).

Answer 9

Biopsy (Bx)

Question 10

Redness

Answer 10

Erythema

Question 11

Study of the skin, diagnosis and treatment of skin disease.

Answer 11

Dermatology

Question 12

Pertaining to upon the skin.

Answer 12

Epidermal

Question 13

White skin (white patches caused by depigmentation).

Answer 13

Leukoderma

Question 14

Pertaining to under the nail.

Answer 14

Subungual

Question 15

Small, knot-like mass that can be felt by touch.

Answer 15

Nodule

Question 16

Pertaining to through the skin.

Answer 16

Percutaneous

Question 17

Puffy swelling of tissue from accumulation of fluid.

Answer 17

Edema

Question 18

Condition characterized by a yellow coloring of the skin, mucous membranes, and sclera (whites of the eyes) caused by the presence of bile (also called icterus).

Answer 18

Jaundice

Question 19

Tiny, pinpoint, bright red lesions resulting from escape of blood into the skin.

Answer 19

Petechiae

Question 20

Elevation of skin containing pus.

Answer 20

Pustule

Question 21

Loss of hair.

Answer 21

Alopecia

Question 22

A scar resulting from formation and contraction of fibrous tissue in a wound.

Answer 22

Cicatrix

Question 23

Closed sac containing fluid or semisolid material; can occur in the skin
(cutaneous _____) or other locations within the body.

Answer 23

Cyst

Question 24

Escape of blood into the skin causing small flat, purple or blue discoloration.

Answer 24

Ecchymosis

Question 25

Abnormal condition of excessive hair (growth) – also called hirsutism.

Answer 25

Hypertrichosis

Question 26

Circumscribed cutaneous elevation caused by a virus (also called wart)

Answer 26

Verruca

Question 27

Transitory, itch elevation of skin with a white center and a red surrounding area.

Answer 27

Wheal

Question 28

Circumscribed malformation of the skin, usually brown, black or flesh colored.

A congenital _____ is present at birth - birthmark

Answer 28

Nevus