Pathology terms

Question 1

jaundice

Answer 1

yellow color of the skin, mucus membranes, or eyes. (yellow coloring comes from bilirubin, a byproduct of old red blood cells)

Question 2

cystic fibrosis

Answer 2

a hereditary genetic disorder that affects the body’s mucus-producing glands

Question 3

impetigo

Answer 3

a bacterial skin infection (common in children) (red and yellow lesions)

Question 4

lyme disease

Answer 4

a circular rash that slowly expands

Question 5

burns

Answer 5

thermal injury by a variety of heat sources (classified by how deep it injures the skin like 1st degree, etc)

Question 6

psoriasis

Answer 6

skin condition - changes life cycle of skin cells (causes cells to build rapidly on surface of skin) (causes itchy dry silvery/red hard skin scales)

Question 7

alopecia

Answer 7

autoimmune disease results in loss of hair (areata=patchy hair loss from scalp) (totalis=total scalp hair loss) (universalis=total body hair loss)