Integumentary System Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
lesion | an injury, sore, or wound; a pathological change in tissues due to disease or injury |
eruption | a breaking out or appearance of lesions on the skin |
disseminated | widley scattered; distributed over large areas of the body |
rash | a general term applied to any eruption of the skin |
circumscribed | confined or limited in space, as though by line drawn around the area |
macule | a small, flat, discolored spot or patch on the skin (e.g. a freckle) |
macular | pertaining to or characterized by macules; spotted |
papule | a small red elevation of skin that can be palpated (e.g. a pimple) |
papular | pertaining to or characterized by papules |
pustule | a small circumscribed elevation of the skin filled with pus (e.g. an infected pimple) |
vesicle | a blister; a small sac containing fluid located between the epidermus and the dermis |
vesiculation | the formation of blisters |
nodule | A small lump or swelling, a knotlike protuberance |
nodular | pertaining to or characterized by nodules |
wheal | a slightly elevated area of the skin, usually accompanied by intense itching |
fissure | a crack or splitlike sore in the skin or mucous membrane |
ulcer | an open sore or lesion of the skin or muscous mebrane |
ulcerate | to undergo ulceration; to develop a sore |
ulcerative | pertaining to or characterized by ulcers; causing an ulter(s) |
ulceration | the foramtion of an ulcer |
decubitus | the act of lying down or in the |
decubital | pertaining to a bedsore or pressure sore |
fistula | an abnormal tubelike passage connecting a normal body cavity or internal body structure to the body surface or another cavity. May be congenital or due to infections, injuries, or inflamatory processess |
sinus | an abnormal channel. a "sinus tract" |
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