Skin, Hair, Nails Vocab

Question 1

acrocyanosis

Answer 1

bluish discoloration to hands or feet (fine in newborns)

Question 2

alopecia

Answer 2

hair loss

Question 3

alopecia areata

Answer 3

patchy, non-scarring asymmetric hair loss in sharply delineated areas of scalp or beard

Question 4

annular

Answer 4

ring-shaped (for lesion description)

Question 5

atrophy

Answer 5

thinning skin

Question 6

bulla

Answer 6

vesicle > 1 cm

Question 7

vesicle

Answer 7

clear, fluid filled, raised lesion < 1 cm diameter

Question 8

cellulitis

Answer 8

diffuse acute skin infection (also sub-q tissue)

Question 9

chloasma

Answer 9

facial discoloration common during pregnancy

Question 10

confluent

Answer 10

lesions which run together can be described as ________.

Question 11

crust

Answer 11

dried serum, blood, pus, over lesion

Question 12

cutis marmorata

Answer 12

marbled skin appearance (on neonate) when around cold. (underdeveloped vasculature)

Question 13

cyst

Answer 13

elevated, circumscribed, ENCAPSULATED lesion, dermis or sub-q, filled with liquid/semisolid

Question 14

dermatomal

Answer 14

along a dermatome

Question 15

ecchymosis

Answer 15

bruise or contusion

Question 16

eczematous dermatitis

Answer 16

inflammatory skin disorder presenting with pruritic papulovesicular lesions

Question 17

erosion

Answer 17

loss of part of epidermis

Question 18

erythema toxicum

Answer 18

benign, in neonates in 1st week, generalized small papules or pustules

Question 19

excoration

Answer 19

loss of epidermis, linear, hollowed, crusted

Question 20

fissure

Answer 20

linear crack or break from epidermis to dermis

Question 21

folliculitis

Answer 21

inflammation/infection of hair follicule + dermis

Question 22

furuncle

Answer 22

deep-seated infection of pilosebaceous unit

Question 23

Harlequin color change

Answer 23

another skin change in newborns with position

Question 24

keloid

Answer 24

irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar, excess collagen during healing

Question 25

lanugo

Answer 25

fine newborn hair, lost eventually

Question 26

lichenification

Answer 26

rough thickened epidermis secondary to persistent rubbing, eg flexor surface of extremity

Question 27

macule

Answer 27

flat area, < 1 cm diameter

Question 28

mongolian spots

Answer 28

areas of deep bluish gray on newborn sacrum

Question 29

morbilliform

Answer 29

maculopapular lesions confluent on face and body

Question 30

nevus

Answer 30

mole, varied in size or color

Question 31

nodule

Answer 31

elevated firm circumscribed lesion, 0.5-1cm OR 1-2cm diameter

Question 32

papule

Answer 32

flat, firm, < 1 cm diameter lesion

Question 33

patch

Answer 33

flat, non-palpable, > 1 cm

Question 34

petechiae

Answer 34

little minute hemorrages

Question 35

pityriasis rosea

Answer 35

self-limiting exanthematous (maculopapular?) rash, onset with "herald patch"

Question 36

plaque

Answer 36

firm, elevated, rough, > 1 cm diameter

Question 37

psoriasis

Answer 37

chronic recurrent keratin sx disease

Question 38

pustule

Answer 38

pus filled elevated lesion (like vesicle, smaller than abscess)

Question 39

salmon patches

Answer 39

flat pink localized areas, mid-forehead, eyelids, upper lip back of newborn

Question 40

scale

Answer 40

heaped up keratinized cells, flaky skin, irregular in size

Question 41

scar

Answer 41

fibrous tissue, replaces after injury or laceration to dermis

Question 42

sebum

Answer 42

liquid that keeps skin from getting too dry

Question 43

stellate

Answer 43

star-shaped lesion

Question 44

telangiectasia

Answer 44

fine irregular red lines from capillary dilation

Question 45

tinea

Answer 45

group of non-candidal fungal infections (athlete's foot for example)

Question 46

tumor

Answer 46

elevated, solid, deeper in dermis, > 2cm in diameter

Question 47

vellus hair

Answer 47

short fine non-pigmented

Question 48

vernix caseosa

Answer 48

mix of sebum, cornified epidermis covering baby at birth

Question 49

wheal

Answer 49

elevated irregularly shaped area of cutaneous edema

Question 50

ulcer

Answer 50

loss of epidermis, dermis, concave varying size