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Hair Skin And Nails
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pallor | paleness, lack of color |
| Cyanosis | bluish or gray coloring of the skin due to decreased amounts of hemoglobin in the blood suggesting reduced oxgenation |
| Jaundice | yellowness of the skin, eye whites, or mucous membranes due to a deposit of bile pigments related to excess bilirubin in the blood, often seen in clients with live or gallbladder disease, hemolysis, and some anemias |
| Lesion | abnormal change of tissue usually from injury or disease |
| Macule/patch | |
| Papule/plaque | |
| Nodule/Tumor | |
| Vesicle/Bulla | |
| wheel | |
| pustule | |
| Cyst | |
| erosion | |
| ulcer | |
| Scar | |
| fissure | |
| scales | |
| Crust | |
| Atrophy | |
| Erythema | redness due to capillary dilation |
| Petichiae | |
| Ecchymosis | |
| Hematoma | |
| Angioma (cherry, spider) | |
| Carcinoma | |
| Linear | |
| annular | |
| zosteriform | |
| discrete | |
| polycyclic | |
| confluent | |
| Clubbing | enlargement of fingertips and flattening of the angle between the fingernail and nailbed, as a result of heart and or lung disease |
| Turgor | normal skin tone, tension, and elasticity |
| Edema | accumulation of fluid in body tissues, which may cause swelling |