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Another name for oil glands
Sebacceous Glands
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Another name for sweat glands
Sudoriferous Glands
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Reddening of the skin
Erythema
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Bluish discoloration of skin and mucous membranes. Results from poor oxygenation of hemoglobin, lack of adequate RBCs.
Cyanosis
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Yellow to orange color visible in skin and mucous membranes.
Jaundice.
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Reddish raised plaques on areas of high sux exposure can become malignant. (Pre-cancerous)
Actinic Keratosis.
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Dark raised lesions. (Pre-cancerous)
Seborrheic keratosis
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Abnormal patchy loss of melanin over face, hands, and groin.
Vitiligo
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Sall reddish purple pinpoint spots over abdomen and buttocks
Petechiae
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Health condition in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body, usually from the scalp. (hair loss)
Alopecia
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Excessive hairiness on humans in those parts of the body where terminal hair does not normally occur.
Hirsutism.
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Overgrowth of a scar.
keloid.
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Inflammation of skin.
Dermatitis
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Another word for spider viens
Varicose veins.
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Comedones: open ? closed?
- open: blackheads
- closed: whiteheads
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tinea corporis
ringworm on the body
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tinea capitis
ringword on the head/scalp
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tinea pedis
ringwork on the foot (athlete's foot)
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tinea curis
ringworm in the groin
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another word for warts
verucca
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which herpes consists of warts & cold sores
Herpes Simplex
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Which herpes causes shingles
Herpes Zoster
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pediculosis corporis
infestation of lice on the body
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pediculosis capitus
infestation of lice on the head
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infestation of lice on the groin
pediculosis pubis
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small mite burrows in to skin
scabies
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Which carcinoma?
-bottom layer of epidermis
-slower than squamos
-brave
basal cell carcinoma
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Which carcinoma?
-superior
-speedy
-superficial
-scarier
squamous cell carcinoma
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Skin cancer : A B C D E
- Assymetry
- Border
- Color Variation
- Diameter
- Evolution
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Pressure Ulcers: (4 Stages)
stage 1?
stage 2?
stage 3?
stage 4?
- 1)nonblanchable erythema
- 2)partial thickness, skin loss (epidermis / dermis)
- 3)full thickness, skin loss (SQ)
- 4)full thickness, skin loss w/ muscle, bone, supporting structures.
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excessive abnormal hair growth (werewolf syndrome)
hypertrichosis
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hair is shed and replaced with sparse, abnormal hair growth
hypotrichosis
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types of burns : thermal
- dry heat-flame
- moist heat-steam or hot liquid
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types of burns: chemical
acid or alkaline agents
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procedure in which a liquid nitrogen is sprayed or painted onto a wart, mole, other benign lesion, or onto a small malignant lesion. The liquid nitrogen freezed and destroys the lesion.
cryosurgery
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procedure that scrapes off a superficial skin lesion.
curettage
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procedure in which necrotic tissue is removed fom a burn, wound, or ulcer. done to prevent infection from developing, to assess the extent or depth of a wound, or to create clean surface
debridement
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skin resurfacing that uses rapidly spinning wire brush or diamond surface to mechanically scrape away epidermis.
dermabrasion.
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a procedure that brings the edges of the skin together after a laceration.
suturing
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procedure that uses a scalpel to removed an entire large lesion.
excisional biopsy
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procedure to remove skin cancer, particularly tumors with irregular shapes and depths.
moh's surgery
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surpgical procedure to remove the wrinkles and tighten loose, aging skin on the face and neck
rhytidectomy
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procedure that uses human, animal, or artifical skin to provide a temporary covering or a permanent layer of skin over a burn or wound
skin grafting
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allergic reaction that takes place throughout the body in a hypersensitive person after contact with an allergen that was ingested, inhaled, or injected.
systemic reaction
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allergic reaction that takes place on an area of the skin that was exposed to an allergen
local reaction
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hemorrhage under the skin
ecchymosis
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elevated, localized collection of blood under the skin
hematoma
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another word for bruising
contusion
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excessive dryness of the skin
xeroderma
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gray to black discoloration of the skin in areas where the tissue has died
necrosis
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superficial injury with a sharp object such as a fingernail or thorn that creates a linear scratch in the skin
excoriation
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spreading inflammation and infection of the connective tissues of the skin and muscle
cellulitis
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small, soft, flesh-colored growth of epidermis and dermis that protrudes outwardly
papilloma/skin tag
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benign skin lesion that is present at birth and comes in a variety of colors and shapes
nevus
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a blood test that measures what your allergic too
rast
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ultraviolet light used to highlight areas of skin abnormality.
wood's lamp or light
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