HEALTH ASSESSMENT FINAL EXAM JARVIS
FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Discrete lesions. Answer: -distinct, individual lesions that remain
seperate (eg acrochordon= skin tags, or acne)
◉ Gyrate lesions. Answer: Worm like lesions
◉ Grouped lesions. Answer: Discrete lesions grouped together
◉ Linear lesions. Answer: Lesions in a straight line
◉ Target lesions. Answer: Round lesions with a light outer ring and
dark inner ring
◉ Zosteriform lesions. Answer: Band like, unilateral lesion group
◉ Polycyclic lesions. Answer: are lesions that are circular but united
Examples: psoriasis
◉ Macule. Answer: flat skin lesion with only a color change
,◉ Patch skin lesion. Answer: Larger macule
◉ Papule. Answer: - A small, raised, solid pimple or swelling, often
forming part of a rash on the skin and typically inflamed but not
producing pus.
- Smaller than 1 cm
◉ Plaque. Answer: - A plaque is a solid, raised, flat-topped lesion
greater than 1 cm. in diameter. It is analogous to the geological
formation, the plateau.
◉ Nodule. Answer: A nodule is a raised solid lesion more than 1 cm.
and may be in the epidermis, dermis, or subcutaneous tissue.
◉ Tumor. Answer: A tumor is a solid mass of the skin or
subcutaneous tissue; it is larger than a nodule.
◉ Wheal. Answer: - Transient, circumscribed, elevated papules or
plaques, often with erythematous borders and pale centers.
◉ Urticaria. Answer: Urticaria (hives) is a vascular reaction of the
skin marked by the transient appearance of smooth, slightly elevated
papules or plaques (wheals) that are erythematous and that are
,often attended by severe pruritus. Individual lesions resolve without
scarring in several hours.
◉ Vesicle. Answer: A small, superficial, circumscribed elevation of
the skin, less than 0.5 cm, that contains serous fluid.
◉ Bulla. Answer: A raised, circumscribed lesion greater than 0.5 cm
that contains serous fluid.
◉ Cyst. Answer: A cyst is a benign, round, dome-shaped
encapsulated lesion that contains fluid or semi-fluid material. It may
be firm or fluctuant and often distends the overlying skin.
◉ Pustule. Answer: A small (< 1 cm in diameter), circumscribed
superficial elevation of the skin that is filled with purulent material.
Can also be described as a vesicle filled with pus.
◉ Crusts. Answer: Varying colors of liquid debris (serum or pus)
that has dried on the surface of the skin.
◉ Scale skin lesions. Answer: Visible fragments of the stratum
corneum as it is shed from the skin.
, ◉ Fissure. Answer: Sharply-defined, linear or wedge-shaped tears in
the epidermis with abrupt walls.
◉ Erosion. Answer: Loss of superficial layers of upper epidermis by
wearing away as from friction or pressure.
◉ Ulcer. Answer: A localized defect in the skin of irregular size and
shape where epidermis and some dermis have been lost.
◉ Stage 1 ulcer. Answer: Skin is intact but has evolved- so this is still
a secondary lesion- lighter skin will blanch at this point. (NEEDs
intervention STAT)
◉ Stage 2 Pressure ulcer. Answer: loss of epidermis/dermis-could
look like a shallow abrasion
◉ Stage 3 pressure ulcer. Answer: goes all the way into sub q tissue
◉ Stage 4 pressure ulcer. Answer: involves all skin layers and goes
into muscle, bone, tendon
◉ Excoriation. Answer: Skin abrasions, usually superficial, due to
scratching of the skin.
FINAL PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Discrete lesions. Answer: -distinct, individual lesions that remain
seperate (eg acrochordon= skin tags, or acne)
◉ Gyrate lesions. Answer: Worm like lesions
◉ Grouped lesions. Answer: Discrete lesions grouped together
◉ Linear lesions. Answer: Lesions in a straight line
◉ Target lesions. Answer: Round lesions with a light outer ring and
dark inner ring
◉ Zosteriform lesions. Answer: Band like, unilateral lesion group
◉ Polycyclic lesions. Answer: are lesions that are circular but united
Examples: psoriasis
◉ Macule. Answer: flat skin lesion with only a color change
,◉ Patch skin lesion. Answer: Larger macule
◉ Papule. Answer: - A small, raised, solid pimple or swelling, often
forming part of a rash on the skin and typically inflamed but not
producing pus.
- Smaller than 1 cm
◉ Plaque. Answer: - A plaque is a solid, raised, flat-topped lesion
greater than 1 cm. in diameter. It is analogous to the geological
formation, the plateau.
◉ Nodule. Answer: A nodule is a raised solid lesion more than 1 cm.
and may be in the epidermis, dermis, or subcutaneous tissue.
◉ Tumor. Answer: A tumor is a solid mass of the skin or
subcutaneous tissue; it is larger than a nodule.
◉ Wheal. Answer: - Transient, circumscribed, elevated papules or
plaques, often with erythematous borders and pale centers.
◉ Urticaria. Answer: Urticaria (hives) is a vascular reaction of the
skin marked by the transient appearance of smooth, slightly elevated
papules or plaques (wheals) that are erythematous and that are
,often attended by severe pruritus. Individual lesions resolve without
scarring in several hours.
◉ Vesicle. Answer: A small, superficial, circumscribed elevation of
the skin, less than 0.5 cm, that contains serous fluid.
◉ Bulla. Answer: A raised, circumscribed lesion greater than 0.5 cm
that contains serous fluid.
◉ Cyst. Answer: A cyst is a benign, round, dome-shaped
encapsulated lesion that contains fluid or semi-fluid material. It may
be firm or fluctuant and often distends the overlying skin.
◉ Pustule. Answer: A small (< 1 cm in diameter), circumscribed
superficial elevation of the skin that is filled with purulent material.
Can also be described as a vesicle filled with pus.
◉ Crusts. Answer: Varying colors of liquid debris (serum or pus)
that has dried on the surface of the skin.
◉ Scale skin lesions. Answer: Visible fragments of the stratum
corneum as it is shed from the skin.
, ◉ Fissure. Answer: Sharply-defined, linear or wedge-shaped tears in
the epidermis with abrupt walls.
◉ Erosion. Answer: Loss of superficial layers of upper epidermis by
wearing away as from friction or pressure.
◉ Ulcer. Answer: A localized defect in the skin of irregular size and
shape where epidermis and some dermis have been lost.
◉ Stage 1 ulcer. Answer: Skin is intact but has evolved- so this is still
a secondary lesion- lighter skin will blanch at this point. (NEEDs
intervention STAT)
◉ Stage 2 Pressure ulcer. Answer: loss of epidermis/dermis-could
look like a shallow abrasion
◉ Stage 3 pressure ulcer. Answer: goes all the way into sub q tissue
◉ Stage 4 pressure ulcer. Answer: involves all skin layers and goes
into muscle, bone, tendon
◉ Excoriation. Answer: Skin abrasions, usually superficial, due to
scratching of the skin.
