Question | Answer |
Flat, nonpalpable changes in skin color, smaller than 1 cm (I.e. freckle) | Macule |
Palpable, circumscribed, solid elevation in skin, smaller than 0.5 cm. | Papule |
Elevated solid mass, deeper and firmer than papule, 0.5 to 2 xm (i.e. wart) | Nodule |
Solid mass that extends deep through subcutaneous tissue, larger than 1 to 2 cm (i.e. epithelioma) | Tumor |
Irregularly shaped, elevated area or superficial localized edema, varies in size (i.e. hives, mosquito bite) | Wheal |
Circumscribed elevation of skin filled with serous fluid, smaller than 1cm (i.e. herpes simplex, chickenpox) | Vesicle |
Circumscribed elevation of skin similar to vesicle but filled with pus; varies in size (i.e. acne, staphylococcal infection) | Pustule |
Deep loss os skin surface that sometimes extends to dermis and frequently bleeds and scars, varies in size (i.e. venous stasis ulcer) | Ulcer |
Thinning of skin with loss of normal skin furrow with skin appearing shiny and translucent; varies in size (i.e. arterial insufficiency) | Atrophy |
Fine crackles; High-pitched fine, short interrupted crackling sounds heard during end of inspiration. | Crackles |
Loud, low-pitched, rumbling coarse sounds heard either during inspiration or expiration, may be cleared by coughing | Rhonchi (sonorous wheeze) |
High-pitched, continuous musical sounds such as a squeak heard continuously during inspiration or expiration; usually louder on expiration | Wheezes ( sibilant wheeze) |
Dry, grating quality heard during inspiration; does not clear with coughing; heard loudest over lover lateral anterior surface | Pleural friction rub |