Pod_vascular Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Atrophy | Wasting or reduction in size |
| Bullae | Large blister or vesicle |
| Cellulitis | Sub-cutaneous bacterial infection esp St aureus or St. pyogenes |
| Crust | Outer layer or coating from dried pus, serum or blood |
| Cyanosis | Blue colouration |
| Cyst | Abnormal closed epitherial lined cavity fluid or semi-solid |
| Depigmentation | Reduction of pigment or loss |
| Fissure | Cleft or groove, linear crack |
| Haemociderosis | Increased brown pigmentation caused by iron leaving tissues |
| Hyperkeratosis | Increased keratin in skin - corns and callus |
| Hyperpigmentation | Above normal pigment in the skin |
| Hypopigmentation | Below normal pigment in skin |
| Lichenification | Hyperkeratosis of skin caused by chronic inflammation. Scale like appearance |
| Macule | Flat discoloured area, non-palpable. |
| Erosion | Shallow or superficial ulceration |
| Erythema | Redness of skin |
| Pallor | Pale skin |
| Papule | Small solid palpable elevation of skin, doesn't contain pus. <5mm |
| Plaque | Superficial solid elevated skin lesion which is flat topped |
| Pustule | Small inflamed swelling that is filled with pus |
| Rubor | Redness - sign of inflammation |
| Scale | Thin flake of cornified epithelial cells |
| Scar | Cicatrix, fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue |
| Slough | Layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue |
| Telangectasia | Permanent dilation of pre-existing blood vessels causing elevated dark blotches on skin |
| Ulcer | Local defect or excavation of surface produced by sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue |
| Lesion | Pathologic or traumatic discontinuity of tissue |
| Nodule | Small mass of palpable tissue >5mm (large papule) |
| Necrosis | Localised tissue death |
| Vesicle | Serous containing elevation in epidermis, a small blister <5mm |
| Wheal | Smooth red or pale raised area of skin |
| Blister | localised swelling containing serous fluid |
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