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MedCon 18
The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 18 of your textbook.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abrasion | a scraping away of skin tissue |
| Alopecia | a partial or complete hair loss usually from the head |
| Avulsion | skin pulled or torn away |
| Blunt trauma | a wound or injury (trauma) caused by an object with a flat, dull, or not sharp area (blunt) |
| Comedones | plugged skin pores; the open form is a blackhead; the closed form is a whitehead |
| Contusion | a large bruise |
| Erythema | skin redness |
| Exacerbation | a time when symptoms flare up or become worse |
| Frostbite | the freezing of tissue, usually on the face, fingers, toes and ears |
| Hirsutism | abnormal hair on the face and body of the female |
| Incision | a laceration or cut with smooth, even edges |
| Keratin | a tough protein substance in nails, hair and body tissues |
| Laceration | a cut in the skin |
| Lesion | any discontinuity of tissue |
| Paronychia | an infection of the skin around the nail |
| Pilonidal cyst | a particular type of sebaceous cyst found in the midline of the sacral area |
| Pruritus | itching |
| Pustules | small pus filled lesions |
| Sebum | oil produced by the sebaceous glands |
| Ulcer | a crater like lesion in the skin or mucous membranes |
| Vesicles | blister like eruptions on the skin |
| Wheals | round slightly reddened spot(s) on the skin usually accompanied by intense itching; also called urticarial lesion(s) or hives; caused by and allergic reaction to something such as food or medication |
| Xerosis | dry skin |
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jillcyr
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