Skin Lesions

Question 1

Macule (primary)

Answer 1

Solely color change, flat and circumscribed, less than 1cm (freckle)

Question 2

Papule (primary)

Answer 2

Something you can feel, elevated, less than 1cm (mole)

Question 3

Nodule (primary)

Answer 3

Solid, hard or soft-larger than 1cm

Question 4

Wheal (primary)

Answer 4

Superficial, raised, slightly irregular shape (mosquito bite)

Question 5

Vesicle (primary)

Answer 5

Elevated cavity containing free fluid up to 1 cm (blister)

Question 6

Pustule (primary)

Answer 6

Turbid fluid (pus) in cavity, circumscribed and elevated

Question 7

Cyst (primary)

Answer 7

Encapsulated fluid-filled cavity in dermis

Question 8

Crust (secondary)

Answer 8

Thickened, dried-out skin left from vesicle popping

Question 9

Scale (secondary)

Answer 9

Compact, desiccated flakes of skin

Question 10

Fissure (secondary)

Answer 10

Linear crack with abrupt edges

Question 11

Ulcer (secondary)

Answer 11

Deeper depression leading into dermis

Question 12

Erosion (secondary)

Answer 12

Scooped out but shallow depression

Question 13

stage 1

Answer 13

Skin is unbroken but inflamed

Question 14

stage 2

Answer 14

Skin is broken to the epidermis or dermis

Question 15

stage 3

Answer 15

Ulcer extends to subcutaneous fat layer

Question 16

stage 4

Answer 16

Ulcer extends to muscle or bone