Protection

Question 1

where can Colour change occur?

Answer 1

lips, mucous membrane, mouth, earlobes, nails

Question 2

Erythema is?

Answer 2

redness

Question 3

Pallor is?

Answer 3

whiteness

Question 4

Cyanosis is?

Answer 4

blueish

Question 5

Jaundice is?

Answer 5

yellow

Question 6

Brownish is?

Answer 6

brown

Question 7

Odessa is?

Answer 7

swelling in the tissue

Question 8

Exudate is?

Answer 8

fluid leaking out of a lesion

Question 9

Turgor is?

Answer 9

elasticity of tissue / pinch test

Question 10

7 characteristics of decriping a lesions =

Answer 10

Location & Distribution: generalised, or in a specific area?

Colour: What is the colour? Has there been a change?

Pattern: cluster, line

Elevation: Raised? Flat? sunken?

Size/shape: may need to measure, has there been a change in size?

Edges: regular? Irregular?

Characteristics: hard, soft, fluid filled, exudate? Odour?

Question 11

cutaneous membrane

Answer 11

Another name for skin

Question 12

3 principles of skin assessment

Answer 12

prepare environment, gather relavant information, observe and feel the skin

Question 13

sebum

Answer 13

oily type of gland, water repellant, incerease in puperty for acne

Question 14

sweat glands types

Answer 14

Eccrine glands found in abundance. Produce & secrete sweat which has 2 functions… to act as an antibacterial & to lower body temperature &&& .Apocrine are found in lesser numbers, with the majority found in axilla & genital areas. Do not begin functioning until puberty. In comparison, aprocrine glands are not regulators of temperature, instead the produce odour (caused by bacterial growth)

Question 15

clubbing means

Answer 15

when rounding of the nails happens to older adult mainly

Question 16

what is melanin main role

Answer 16

skin and hair colour

- Fuction= protects again uv rays
- Location = epidermins

Question 17

fibroblast

Answer 17

Produce collage, active during wound healing like stretch marks , hydrates the skin, macrophages also found in the dermis

Question 18

-arrector pili muscle

Answer 18

goose bumps, hairs standing up on your skin

Question 19

difference between the papillry layer and reticular layer

Answer 19

= p disease of skin, outer layer, collagen & elastin fibers. R tough collagen fibres, elastic, arrector pilli, dense, deep layer.

Question 20

Layers of the dermis

Answer 20

papillary layer & reticular layer

Question 21

CT stands for and what is its function

Answer 21

= connective tissue =the added strength of the skin

Question 22

Dendritic

Answer 22

Activates the immune system as APC . Begin life in bone marrow & originates to the skin

Question 23

melanocytes

Answer 23

Compose of approx. 5% of the total cells. Gives our skin a coloured pigmentation. Shields the skin from UV radiation

Question 24

keratinocytes is

Answer 24

Account for 90% of total cells. Are pushed towards the corneum/outer layer and shed. Produce keratin – a tough fibrous protein – that forms the outer structure of the skin

Question 25

structure of the epidermis

Answer 25

5 layers, contains various cell mebranes, no nerves, no glands, covered in normal flora, protective barrier, the bottom layer is a basement membrane -continuous replacement of cells

Question 26

Hypodermis is made up of what tissue

Answer 26

adipose,fatty

Question 27

dermis is made up of what tissue

Answer 27

connective tissue

Question 28

epidermis is made u of what tissue

Answer 28

epithelial tissue

Question 29

List the order of the skin from surface - deep

Answer 29

epidermis , dermis, hypodermis

Question 30

Lots on sensor receptors

Answer 30

it feels heat and pain