Vocabulary 141

Question 1

Small flat macules of brown melanin pigment that occur on sun exposed skin

Answer 1

Freckles

Question 2

A proliferation of melanocytes, tan to brown color, flat or raised

Answer 2

Nevus

Question 3

A mole that is macular only and occurs in children and adolescents

Answer 3

Junctional Nevus

Question 4

A mole that is macular and Papular

Answer 4

Compound Nevus

Question 5

When the red-pink tones from the oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood are lost, the skin takes on the color of connective tissue collagen, which is mostly white

Answer 5

Pallor

Question 6

An intense redness of the skin from excess blood in the dilated superficial capillaries. This sign is expected with fever, with local inflammation, or with emotional reactions such as blushing in vascular areas.

Answer 6

Erythema

Question 7

This is a bluish mottled color that signifies decreased perfusion; the tissues do not have enough oxygenated blood.

Answer 7

Cyanosis

Question 8

A yellowish skin color indicates rising amounts of bilirubin in the blood

Answer 8

Jaundice

Question 9

A circumscribed overgrowth of epidermis and is an adaptation to excessive pressure from the friction of work and weight bearing

Answer 9

Callus

Question 10

Fluid accumulates in the intercellular spaces; it is not present normally

Answer 10

Edema

Question 11

The skins ease of rising

Answer 11

Mobility

Question 12

The skins ability to return to place promptly when released

Answer 12

Turgor

Question 13

Small, smooth, slightly raised bright red dots that commonly appear on the trunk in all adults older than 30 years old; They normally increase in size and number with aging and are not significant

Answer 13

Cherry angiomas

Question 14

Commonly called liver spots, these are small, flat, brown macules. These circumscribed areas are clusters of melanocytes that appear after extensive sun exposure. They are not malignant and require no treatment.

Answer 14

Senile Lentigines

Question 15

These lesions are raised, thickened areas of pigmentation that look crusted, scaly, and warty.

Answer 15

Keratoses

Question 16

Dry skin is common in the aging person because of a decline in the size, number, and output of the sweat glands and sebaceous glands

Answer 16

Xerosis

Question 17

Overgrowth of normal skin that form a stock and are polyp like

Answer 17

Acrochordons or Skin tags

Question 18

Raised yellow papules with a central depression

Answer 18

Sebaceous hyperplasia

Question 19

Total absence of pigment melanin throughout the integument

Answer 19

Albinism

Question 20

Patchy depigmentation from destruction of melanocytes

Answer 20

Vitiligo

Question 21

Solely a color change, flat and circumscribed, of less than 1 cm. Examples: freckles, flat nevi, hypopigmentation, measles, scarlet fever.

Answer 21

Macule

Question 22

Macules that are larger than 1 cm

Answer 22

Patch

Question 23

Solid, elevated, hard or soft, larger than 1 cm. May extend deeper into dermis then papule. Examples: xanthoma, fibroma, intradermal nevi.

Answer 23

Nodule

Question 24

Larger then a few centimeters in diameter, firm or soft, deeper into dermis; may be benign or malignant

Answer 24

Tumor

Question 25

Something you can feel caused by superficial thickening in the epidermis. I.e., solid, elevated, circumscribed, less than 1 cm in diameter.

Answer 25

Papule

Question 26

A plateau like, disc shaped lesion with elevation wider than 1 cm. Examples: psoriasis

Answer 26

Plaque

Question 27

Superficial, raised, transient, and erythematous; slightly irregular shape due to edema. Examples: mosquito bites, allergic reaction.

Answer 27

Wheal

Question 28

And allergic reaction forming wheals

Answer 28

Urticaria hives

Question 29

Elevated cavity containing free fluid, up to 1 cm. examples: herpes Symplex, chickenpox, shingles

Answer 29

Vesicle

Question 30

Elevated cavity containing free fluid larger than 1 cm in diameter; usually single chambered; superficial in epidermis; it is thin walled, so it ruptures easily. Examples: friction blister

Answer 30

Bulla

Question 31

Encapsulated fluid filled cavity in dermis or subcutaneous layer, tensely elevating skin. Examples: sebaceous cyst

Answer 31

Cyst

Question 32

Turbid fluid called pus in the cavity. Circumscribed and elevated. Examples: impetigo, acne.

Answer 32

Pustule