Day 4 - Physical Exam Lab 1

Question 1

Describe a papule. Describe a plaque.

Answer 1

A papule is a solid elevation or change in skin thickness or texture bigger than 1 cm. A plaque is the same thing but less than 1 cm.

Question 2

Describe a wheal.

Answer 2

A type of papule or plaque that is a flat-topped firm elevation of the skin with a well demarcated margin. They result from edema or the superficial dermis.

Question 3

Describe a nodule.

Answer 3

A solid, deep-seated mass sometimes in dermal or subcutaneous tissues usually producing visible elevation.

Question 4

Describe a macule. Describe a patch.

Answer 4

A macule is an alteration in skin color without change in texture or thickness bigger than 1 cm. A patch is the same but less than 1 cm.

Question 5

Describe a vesicle, bulla, and pustule.

Answer 5

A vesicle is a visible accumulation of clear fluid in or just below the epidermis smaller than 5 mm. A bulla is bigger than 5 mm. A pustule contains opaque, purulent fluid.

Question 6

Describe erosions and ulcers.

Answer 6

An erosion is a moist, circumscribed loss or partial or full thickness epidermis; can be a ruptured vesicle. An ulcer is a deeper erosion of some or all of the dermis and subcutaneous tissue.