Exam 2- Soft Tissue Description

Question 1

Soft tissue Description Mnemonic

Answer 1

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Question 2

Soft tissue Description (Never Chip Big Strong Teeth. Eat Light! )

Answer 2

Number
Color
Borders
Size
Texture
Elevation/depression
Location

Question 3

Match the correct tissue color with the description.

normal tissue w/ out change in color

Answer 3

Pink

Question 4

Match the correct tissue color with the description.

typically due to increase in blood or blood vessels closer to the surface blood vessels or inflammation

Answer 4

Red

Question 5

Match the correct tissue color with the description.

keratin, thicker epithelium

Answer 5

White

Question 6

Match the correct tissue color with the description.

mucin deep in tissue, venous blood, foreign body, melanin

Answer 6

Blue

Question 7

Match the correct tissue color with the description.

blood extravasation (hemosiderin pigment)

Answer 7

Purple

Question 8

Match the correct tissue color with the description.

ulcers, fat or lipid- containing cells

Answer 8

yellow

Question 9

Match the correct tissue color with the description.

melanin

Answer 9

Brown

Question 10

Match the correct tissue color with the description.

foreign material, melanin or (necrotic) tissue

Answer 10

Black

Question 11

Match the correct tissue color

when fluid filled

Answer 11

clear

Question 12

What falls under the blue color category? 4 things

Mucin deep in tissue
Venous Blood
______ _______
___________

Answer 12

Foreign Body
Melanin

Question 13

What falls under the blue color category? 4 things

______ ______ ___ ________
________ _______
Foreign Body
Melanin

Answer 13

Mucin deep in tissue
Venous Blood

Question 14

_____ disorder and ____ neoplasms have well defined, smooth borders.

Answer 14

Developmental, benign

Question 15

If there is more than one lesion each lesion may be well defined but as a group could refer to this as a _____ border.

Answer 15

diffuse

Question 15

What types of border could you have?

Answer 15

Striated, scalloped (like a cloud), semilunar/c-shaped, serpentine

Question 15

______ and _______-________ diseases may get bigger then smaller (come and go).

Answer 15

Metabolic; Immune-mediated

Question 15

________ typically show continual growth but at a variable rate.

Answer 15

Neoplasms

Question 15

_______ diseases tend to grow bigger quickly without tx

Answer 15

Infectious

Question 15

________ disease show up and often stay the same size over time (except cysts - can keep enlarging).

Answer 15

Developmental

Question 16

What are words use to describe texture?

Answer 16

Smooth vs rough, textured, furrowed, grooved or striated
Think vs thick
Homogeneous vs nonhomogeneous
Papillary - exophytic projection on the surface
Finger-like (warty)
Rounded/blunted
Granular/pebbly - irregular bump surface
Palpation quality
Bony firm, firm (but compressible), rubbery, soft

Question 16

a flat, non-palpable change in shape of color that </= 1.0 cm

Answer 16

Macule

Question 17

a flat, non-palpable change in shape or color that is > 1.0 cm

Answer 17

patch

Question 18

a slightly elevated lesion with large area

Answer 18

Plaque

Question 19

solid,

Answer 19

Papule

Question 20

solid, >0.5

Answer 20

Nodule

Question 21

non-specific for any large solid lesion

Answer 21

tumor/mass

Question 22

fluid-filled elevation

Answer 22

Vesicle

Question 23

fluid-filled elevation > 0.5

Answer 23

Bulla

Question 24

pus-filled elevation of any size (yellow fluid)

Answer 24

Pustule

Question 25

arising on a broad base

Answer 25

Sessile

Question 26

arising on a stalk of pedicle that is narrower than the lesion

Answer 26

pedunculated

Question 27

Lesion composed of multiple fronds or projectiles may be sessile or pedunculated

Answer 27

Papillary

Question 28

linear cleavage of mucosa

Answer 28

Fissure

Question 29

thinning of the mucosa (red)

Answer 29

Atrophy

Question 30

depressed lesion, incomplete loss of mucosa (red)

Answer 30

Erosion

Question 31

complete loss of mucosa (dark, yellowish) - can be mixed w/ blood

Answer 31

Ulcer

Question 32

result of injury causing mucosal atrophy or hypertrophy with increased underlying collagen

Answer 32

Scar

Question 33

________ and ______ can sometimes be in the same category both suggest tissue is more red than normal.

Answer 33

Erosion; atrophy

Question 34

round, pinpoint area of hemorrhage <0.2 cm

Answer 34

Petechiae(e)

Question 35

non elevated area of hemorrhage 0.3 - 1 cm

Answer 35

Purpura

Question 36

non-elevated area of hemorrhage > 1cm

Answer 36

Ecchymosis (bruise)

Question 37

Solid swelling of blood in tissue (elevated)

Answer 37

Hematoma