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Health Assessment NURS 222 > Vocabulary Chapter 12: Skin, Hair, and Nails > Flashcards

Vocabulary Chapter 12: Skin, Hair, and Nails Flashcards

1
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(baldness) hair loss

A

alopecia

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2
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cicular shape to skin lesion

A

annular

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3
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elevated cavity containing free fluid larger than 1cm diameter

A

bulla

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4
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skin lesions that run together

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confluent

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5
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thick, dried-out exudate left on skin when vesicles/pustules burst or dry up

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crust

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dusky blue color to skin or mucous memebrances due to increased amount of unoxygenated hemoglobin

A

cyanosis

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7
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scooped out, shallow depression in skin

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erosion

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8
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intense redness of the skin due to excess blood in dialated superficial capillaries as in fever or inflamation

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erythema

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9
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self-inflicted abrasion on skin due to scratching

A

excoriation

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10
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linear crack in skin extending into dermis

A

fissure

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(boil)suppurative inflammatory skin lesion due to infected hair follicle

A

furuncle

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12
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skin lesion due to benign proliferation of blood vessels in the dermis

A

hemangioma

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13
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target shape of skin lesion

A

iris

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14
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yellow color to skin, palate, and sclera due to excess bilirubin in the blood

A

jaundice

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15
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hypertrophic scar, elevated beyond site of original injury

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keloid

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16
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tightly packed set of papules that thickens skin, from prolonged intense scratching

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lichenification

17
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benign fatty tumor

A

lipoma

18
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sofeneing of tissue by soaking

A

masceration

19
Q

flat skin l=esion with only a color change

A

macule

20
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(mole) circumscribed skin lesion due to excess melanocytes

A

nevus

21
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elecated skin lesion, >1cm diameter

A

papule

22
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skin lesion in which papules coalesce or come together

A

plaque

23
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excessively pale, whitish pink color to lightly pigmented skin

A

pallor

24
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itching

A

pruritus

25
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red-purple skin lesions due to blood in tissue from breaks in blood vessels

A

purpura

26
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elevated cavity containing thick, turbid fluid

A

pustule

27
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compact disiccated flakes of skin from shedding of dead skin cells

A

scale

28
Q

skin lesion due to premanently enlarged and dialated blood vessels that are visible

A

telangiectasia

29
Q

slough of necrotic inflammatory tissue that causes a deep depression in skin, extending into dermis

A

ulcer

30
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elevated cavity containing free fluid up to 1cm diameter

A

vesicle

31
Q

raised red skin lesion due to interstitial fluid

A

wheal

32
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linear shape of skin lesion along a nerve route

A

zosteriform

Health Assessment NURS 222 (1 decks)

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