integumentary..patho Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
which skin cancer is very serious, metastasizes and is potentially fatal | malignant melenoma |
which skin cancer is the least serious and arises in the stratum basale | basal cell |
bluish color to skin is indicative of | hypoxia |
an absence of pigmentation in the skin and eyes is called | albinism |
lack of pigmentation that occurs in patches of the body is | vitoligo |
yellow skin color is indicative of | liver or blood disorder |
signs and symptoms of second degree burn is | blisters |
appropriate first aid for a mild burn | cold water |
what pathogen causes folliculitis | staff infection |
folliculitis means | ingrown hair |
tinea capitis | scalp |
tinea corporis | ringworm |
tinea pedis | athletes foot |
tinea cruris | jock itch |
autoimmune disorder affecting the blood vessels and CT is called | scleromederma |
what is the action of hydrocortisone cream | reduce inflammation |
vesicle | filled with serous fluid, herpes |
bulla | a large blister |
pustule | acne |
wheal | a hive or urticaria |
macule | a freckle |
telangiectasia | fine capillary dilation or rupture |
fissure | crack on epidermis |
circatrix | white, fibrous tissue replacement |
excoriations | a scratch or abrasion |
ABCDE's of cancer | assemetery, border, color, diameter, evolving/elevation |
how does a nicotine patch or estrogen patch work | gets absored in the channels of the membrane |
rosaceae | inflammation skin disease that causes facial redness not contagious indicated |
acne vulgaris | inflammatory bacterial skin fection of hair follicles & there associated sebaceous glands contagious contraindicated |
impetigo | vesicles around nose and mouth contagious contraindicated |
scabies | skin infection caused by burrowing parasitic mites contagious contraindicated |
psoriasis | silvery plaques...chronic inflammatroy skin disorder in which the proliferation rate of epidermel cells is greatly accelerated not contagious indicated |
lice | a parasite that lives on humens, depends on blood contagious contraindicated |
verruca | wart, rapid cell growth contagious contraindicated |
shingles | acute viral infection of skin contagious contraindicated |
ecchymosis | bruise not contagious contraindicated |
petechiae | tiny spots/ hemhorrage / bruise like not contagious contraindicated |
herpes | cold sore, virus contagious containdicated |
cellulitis | infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue not contagious contraindicated |
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