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CHAPTER 20 SKIN

SKIN DISEASE

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THE UV RAYS OF THE SUN REACH THE SKIN IN TWO DIFFERENT FORMS, WHICH ARE? UVA AND UVB
THE SIGNS OF AGING ARE INFLUENCED BY THE FACTORS SUCH AS THE SUN, HEALTH HABITS, LIFESTYLE AND_______________ ENVIRONMENT
THE PERCENTAGE OF SKIN AGING THAT CAUSED BY THE RAYS OF THE SUN IS _________________ 80 TO 85
THE RAYS OF THE SUN THAT CAUSE SUNBURNS AND TANNING AND ARE ALSO KNOW AS BURNING RAYS ARE _____ UVB
THE UVA RAYS THAT ARE THE DEEP-PENETRATING AND CAN GO THROUGH A GLASS WINDOW ARE___________ AGING RAYS
THE PIGMENT IN THE SKIN THAT IS DESIGNED TO HELP PROTECT THE SKIN FROM THE SUN'S UV RAYS ARE_____________ MELANIN
TO BE EFFECTIVE, SUNSCREEN USED AS PROTECTION TO FILTER OUT UVA AND UVB RAYS SHOULD BE RATED AS_____________________ FULL OR BOARD SPECTRUM
DISTENDED CAPILLARIES CAUSED BY CONSTANT OVER DILATION AND WEAKENING OF THE CAPILLARY WALLS ARE KNOWN AS______________________ TELANGIECTASIAS
WRINKLING AND SAGGING OF THE SKIN ARE CAUSED BY WEAKENING COLLAGEN FIBERS AND ____________ ELASTIN
IF A CLIENT HAS A SKIN DISORDER THAT IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A SIMPLE DISORDER, THE CLIENT SHOULD BE REFERRED TO A_________________ DERMATOLOGIST
UVB RAYS CONTRIBUTE TO THE BODY'S SYNTHESIS OF VITAMIN D AND OTHER IMPORTANT ___________ MINERALS
DAILY MOISTURIZERS OR PROTECTIVE LOTIONS SHOULD HAVE A SUNSCREEN WITH A SPF OF AT LEAST ____ 15
A SALON SHOULD NOT SERVICE A CLIENT WHO IS SUFFERING FROM AN ________________ INFLAMED SKIN DISORDER
MARKS ON THE SKIN THAT COULD INDICATE INJURY OR DAMAGE THAT CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF TISSUE OR ORGANS ARE KNOWN AS ______________ LESION
A LARGE PRIMARY LESION CONTAINING A WATERY FLUID IS A _____________ BULLA
A SPOT OR DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN NEITHER RAISED OR SUNKEN IS A _________________ MACULLE
A SMALL CIRCUMSCRIBED ELEVATION OF THE SKIN THAT CONTAINS NO FLUID BUT MAY DEVELOP PUS IS A ________ PAPULE
ANY THIN PLATE OF DRY OR OILY EPIDERMAL FLAKES IN THE SCALP ARE REFERRED TO AS _________ SCALE
SEBUM FROM A COMEDO EXPOSED TO THE ENVIRONMENT TURNS BLACK AND _________ OXIDIZES
LESIONS OF THE SKIN ARE CLASSIFIED AS PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND ________ TERTIARY
AN ABNORMAL CELL MASS RESULTING FROM EXCESSICE MULTIPLICATION OF CELLS THAT VARIES IN SIZE, COLOR, AND SHAPE IS A ______ TUMOR
COMEDONES SHOULD BE REMOVED UNDER ASEPTIC CONDITIONS USING PROPER ___________________ EXTRACTION PROCEDURES
CRACKS IN THE SKIN THAT PENETRATE THE DEMIS LAYER, SUCH AS CHAPPED HANDS OR LIPS ARE _______ FISSURE
LESIONS OF THE SKIN THAT DEVELOP IN THE LATER STAGES OF A DISEASE ARE CLASSIFIED AS ________ SECONDARY
AN INFLAMED PIMPLE CONTAINING PUS IS A ________ PUSTULE
A DISORDER OF THE SWEAT GLAND CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT IS ____________ HYPERHIDROSIS
A PAINFUL ITCHING SKIN DISEASES WITH DRY OR MOIST LESIONS THAT A PHYSICIAN NEEDS TO TREAT IS ____________ ECZEMA
THE MEDICAL TERM FOR ABNORMAL SKIN INFLAMMATION IS _______________ DERMATITIS
A DEAD CELL THAT FORM OVER A WOUND OR BLEMISH WHILE IT IS HEALING IS A ___________ CRUST
A THICK SCAR RESULTING FROM EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF FIBROUS TISSUE IS KNOW AS A __________ KELOID
AN EXCESSIVE THIN PLATE OF EPIDERMAL FLAKES, DRY OR OILY, IS KNOWN AS ___________ SCALE
A HAIR FOLLICLE FILLED WITH EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF FIBROUS TISSUE IS KNOWN AS A ___________ COMEDO
PROLONGED OR REPEATED DIRECT SKIN CONTACT WITH CHEMICALS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE _________ ALLERGIC REACTION
BENIGN, KERATIN-FILLED WITH EXCESSIVE KERATIN AND SEBUM FORMS A _________ MILIA
A SKIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS CAUSED FROM RETAINED SECRETIONS IS _____________ ACNE
SURPRISINGLY, A VERY COMMON SALON IRRITANT IS _____________ TAP WATER
ACNE, OR COMMON PIMPLES, IS KNOWN AS _______________ ACNE VULGARIS
INFLAMMATION OF THE SEBACEOUS GLANDS CHARACTERIZED BY RED, FLAKY SKIN IN THE SCALP AND HAIRLINE IS ________________ SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS
ABNORMAL BROWN OR WINE-COLORED SKIN DISCOLORATION WITH A CIRCULAR AND IRREGULAR SHAPE IS A __________ STAIN
A DRY, SCALY SKIN CONDITION DUE TO A DEFICIENCY OR ABSENCE OF SEBUM CAUSED BY OLD AGE AND EXPOSURE TO COLD ________ ASTEATOSIS
SEBACEOUS CYSTS OR FATTY TUMORS FILLED WITH SEBUM THAT RANGE IN SIZE FROM A PEA TO AN ORANGE ARE ________________ STEATOMA
A GENERIC MEDICAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBE AN ABNORMAL INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN IS ______________ DERMATITIS
A SPOT OR BLEMISH SPOT ON THE SKIN THAT REQUIRES MEDICAL ATTENTION IF THERE IS A CHANGE IS A _______________ MOLE
A CONTAGIOUS, RECURRING VIRAL INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY FEVER BLISTERS OR COLD SORES IS ______________ HERPES SIMPLEX
A CONCONTAGIOUS SKIN DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY RED PATCHES COVERED WITH SILVER-WHITE SCALES FOUND ON THE SCALP IS ____________ PSORIASIS
CHEMICALS RELEASED BY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM THAT FLOOD TISSUES TO DILUTE A SKIN IRRITANT ARE __________ HISTAMINES
THE ABSENCE OF MELANIN PIGMENTATION OF THE BODY IS KNOWN AS __________ ALBINISM
THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF SKIN CANCER CAUSES BY OVEREXPOSURE TO THE SUN IS ___________________ BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RECOMMENDS USING A CHECKLIST TO RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL SKIN CANCER OR SHANGES IN MOLES, USING THE LETTER B TO CHECK MOLE BORDER
THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF SKIN CANCER CHARACTERIZED BY LIGHT OR PEARLY NODULES IS ______________________ BASAL CELL CARINOMA
AN OPEN LESION OF THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANE, ACCOMPANIED BY PUS AND CHARACTERIZED BY LOSS OF SKIN DEPTHS, IS AN ____________ ULCER
COMEDONES SHOULD BE REMOVED UNDER ASEPTIC CONDITIONS USING PROPER _______________ EXTRACTION PROCEDURES
DAR, BROWN PATCHES ON THE SKIN THAT MAY APPEAR UNEVEN IN TEXTURE, JAGGED, OR RAISED MAY BE A WARNING SIGN OF ____________________ MALIGNANT MELANOMA
Created by: crystalr0313
 

 



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