Usf Ngr 6002 module 2 skin, hair, nails
Questions and All Correct Answers.
macule - Answer small, flat, hypo/hyperpigmentation, <1cm, ie freckle
patch - Answer large type of macule, >1cm, ie cafe au lait spot
papule - Answer elevated lesion, <1cm, can be same color or different color as skin, ie wart
plaque - Answer larger version of papule >1cm, elevated, ie psoriasis
wheal - Answer somewhat irregular shaped, elevated, cuteanous edema typically pink to
red, ie hives from uritcaria
nodule - Answer very firm, knot like lesion >0.5cm that is deeper and firmer than a papule, ie
dermatofibromas
bulla - Answer larger version of vesicle, >1cm, filled with serous fluid and superficial ie blister
from tight fitting shoe
vesicle - Answer small, <1cm, superficial serous fluid filled, raised lesion, ie herpes simplex
pustule - Answer fluid filled lesion, filled with pus, ie acne
cyst - Answer nodule filled with fluid or semi-solid material. a cyst is an encapsulated lesion
that is well demarcated and has potential for expressible material ex. furnucle
scale - Answer heaped up, thin flake, dead epidermis
lichenification - Answer rough, thickened, secondary to chronic irritation, may resemble tree
bark
keloid - Answer elevated, irregular, darkened areas of excess scar tissue
excoriation - Answer linear or punctate erosion from scratching, not chronic
Questions and All Correct Answers.
macule - Answer small, flat, hypo/hyperpigmentation, <1cm, ie freckle
patch - Answer large type of macule, >1cm, ie cafe au lait spot
papule - Answer elevated lesion, <1cm, can be same color or different color as skin, ie wart
plaque - Answer larger version of papule >1cm, elevated, ie psoriasis
wheal - Answer somewhat irregular shaped, elevated, cuteanous edema typically pink to
red, ie hives from uritcaria
nodule - Answer very firm, knot like lesion >0.5cm that is deeper and firmer than a papule, ie
dermatofibromas
bulla - Answer larger version of vesicle, >1cm, filled with serous fluid and superficial ie blister
from tight fitting shoe
vesicle - Answer small, <1cm, superficial serous fluid filled, raised lesion, ie herpes simplex
pustule - Answer fluid filled lesion, filled with pus, ie acne
cyst - Answer nodule filled with fluid or semi-solid material. a cyst is an encapsulated lesion
that is well demarcated and has potential for expressible material ex. furnucle
scale - Answer heaped up, thin flake, dead epidermis
lichenification - Answer rough, thickened, secondary to chronic irritation, may resemble tree
bark
keloid - Answer elevated, irregular, darkened areas of excess scar tissue
excoriation - Answer linear or punctate erosion from scratching, not chronic
