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Skin Assessment-HI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What term is use to describe an inflammatory skin condition? | Dermatitis |
| What is the medical term for lack of perspiration? | Anhidrosis |
| What is the medical term for excessive perspiration? | Hyperhydrosis |
| What term is used to describe foul smelling perspiration? | Bromidrosis (osmidrosis) |
| When a follicle ruptures deep within the dermis allowing irritating oil and dead cells to seep into the surrounding tissue, what does it form? | Cyst |
| What do you call an infection of the hair follicle, also called a boil? | Furuncle |
| What do you call a condition of dry scaly skin due to deficiency of sebum production? | Asteatosis |
| This is a subcutaneous tumor of the sebaceous gland. Also called a sebaceous cyst and a Wen. | Steatoma |
| What do you call a skin condition that is characterized by excessive oiliness, chronic inflammation of the cheeks and nose, and redness due to dilation of blood vessels? | Rosacea |
| What do you call a condition of shiny or oily skin, usually on the nose, forehead and scalp, caused by over active sebaceous glands? | Seborrhea |
| What do you call a chronic inflammatory disorder of the skin? | Acne |
| What is the technical term for a white head? | Milia |
| What is the technical term for a black head? | Comedone |
| What do you call an oversensitivity to normally harmless substances? | Allergy |
| What is the technical name for a scar? | Cicatrix |
| What do you call a lesion made of fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue after an injury? | Scar |
| What do you call an open lesion on the skin or mucous membrane with loss of skin depth? | Ulcer |
| What do you call a crack or tear in the skin, such as chapped hands or lips? | Fissure |
| What do you call an abrasion on the skin that is produced by scratching or scraping? | Excoriation |
| What do you call an accumulation of serum, pus, blood and epidermal material? | Crust (scab) |
| What do you call an accumulation of epidermal flakes, either dry or greasy? | Scale |
| What do you call an elevation of the skin that has an inflamed base containing pus? | Pustule |
| What do you call a large blister containing a watery fluid? | Bulla |
| What kind of lesions can poison ivy produce? | Vesicles |
| What do you call a blister filled with clear fluid? | Vesicle |
| What do you call a solid growth that is larger than a nodule, fluidless, and it may be malignant or benign? | Tumor |
| What do you call a solid lump that is larger than a papule (but smaller than a tumor) and contains no fluid? | Nodule (tubercle) |
| What do you call an itchy, swollen lesion that is usually caused by a mosquito bite? | Wheal |
| What do you call a small elevated lesion that contains no fluid and is classified as a primary lesion? | Papule |
| What do you call a small discolored spot that is flat like a freckle? | Macule |
| What do you call a structural change in the skin or tissue that is usually caused by an injury or disease? | Lesion |
| What term is used to describe symptoms or diseases that are long term and reoccurring? | Chronic |
| What term is used to describe symptoms or diseases that are short term and violent or severe? | Acute |
| What is the medical term for swelling? | Edema |
| What is the medical term for redness? | Erythema |
| What is the medical term for a callus? | Keratoma |
| What is the medical term for the foretelling of a probable course of a disease? | Prognosis |
| What is the medical term for recognition of a disease based on it's symptoms? | Diagnosis |
| What is the medical term for the study of the cause of a disease? | Etiology |
| What is the medical term for the study of the hair? | Trichology |
| What is the medical term for the study of diseases? | Pathology |
| What is the medical term for symptoms that can be seen such as pimples, pustules or inflammation? | Objective symptoms |
| What is the medical term for symptoms that can be felt such as itching, burning or pain? | Subjective symptoms |
| What is the medical term used to describe a sign or indication of a disease? | Symptom |
| What is the branch of medicine that deals with the skin and it's diseases? | Dermatology |
| What is an obvious sign of infection? | Pus |
| What do you call a round, thickened patch of epidermis that is caused by friction? | Keratoma (callus) |
| What do you call an auto-immune disorder that causes the skin to harden? | Scleroderma |
| What is the medical term used to describe a skin condition in which the patient experiences swelling due to scratching or friction of the skin? | Dermographia |
| What is the medical term used to describe "writing on the skin"? | Dermographia |
| Which of the fluidless lesions are the largest? | Tumor |
| Which skin cancer is described as being a smooth, black or blue-black, hairless lesion? | Melanoma |
| Which of the skin cancers is the least common but the most malignant? | Melanoma |
| Which of the skin cancers is the most common but the least malignant? | Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) |
| What do you call a raised, excessive, or hypertrophic scar? | Keloid |
| What do you call a lesion that is made of bead like fibrous tissue that stands away from the skin? | Skin tag |
| What is the medical term for a wart? | Verruca |
| What do you call a small brown spot on the skin that can be flat or raised and varies in size and color? | Mole |
| What is the technical term for an excessive growth that is caused by multiplication or enlargement of it's cells. | Hypertrophy |
| What do you call a congenital absence of color? | Albinism |
| What do you call abnormal white patches on the skin that are not caused by injury? | Leucoderma |
| What is the medical term for a birth mark? | Naevus |
| What do you call discoloration or abnormal stains on the face? | Chloasma |
| What term is often referred to as "the mask of pregnancy"? | Chloasma |
| What is the medical term used to describe a small, yellowish to brownish colored spot on the skin? | Lentigine |
| What do you call a bacterial infection of the skin characterized by oozing and crusty lesions? | Impetigo |
| What do you call a viral infection of the skin characterized by one or more vesicles? | Herpes |
| Which herpes virus is used to describe one or more vesicles on the face and mouth area? | Herpes simplex 1 |
| Which herpes virus is used to describe one or more vesicles in the genital area? | Herpes simplex 2 |
| What term is used to describe a chronic, inflammatory condition characterized by silvery scales? | Psoriasis |
| What do you call a honey colored crust that is a sign of normal healing after electrolysis treatment? | Eschar (lymph crust) |
| What is the technical term for bleeding? | Hemorrhage |
| What is the technical name for bruising? | Ecchymosis |
| What is the technical name for micro-hemorrhaging? | Petechiae |
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