Dermatology Course Quizzes – Study Guide and Practice Questions Review
Please put a check next to any lesions which can be described as being "flat" - correct answer
✔✔Macule*
Patch*
Nodule
Cyst
Please put a check next to any lesions which can be described as being "raised" - correct answer
✔✔Macule
Plaque*
Papule*
Nodule*
A papule is to a plaque what a macule is to a - correct answer ✔✔Patch
The most common type of lesion associated with psoriasis is that of erythematous and scaling -
correct answer ✔✔plaques
What the public might describe as a "hive", those of us in dermatology would describe as a
_______. - correct answer ✔✔Wheal
In dermatology, a "very small blister" would most often be described as a vesicle, whereas a
"very large blister" would be best described as a ______. - correct answer ✔✔bulla
Usually scars - correct answer ✔✔Ulcer
Usually doesn't scar - correct answer ✔✔Erosion
, Dried serous fluid/blood - correct answer ✔✔Crusting
Dries epidermal particles - correct answer ✔✔scaling
Skin injury as the result of scratching - correct answer ✔✔Excoriation
Vertical separation of the skin - correct answer ✔✔Fissure
"Leathery" changes of the skin surface - correct answer ✔✔Lichenification
What is the appropriate word used to describe a lesion or injury which is "full of pus"? - correct
answer ✔✔purulent
Red - correct answer ✔✔erythematous
Bluish=purple - correct answer ✔✔violaceous
Bruise-like - correct answer ✔✔purpuric
Lighter in color - correct answer ✔✔hypopigmented
Darker in color - correct answer ✔✔hyperpigmented
Line like - correct answer ✔✔linear
Please put a check next to any lesions which can be described as being "flat" - correct answer
✔✔Macule*
Patch*
Nodule
Cyst
Please put a check next to any lesions which can be described as being "raised" - correct answer
✔✔Macule
Plaque*
Papule*
Nodule*
A papule is to a plaque what a macule is to a - correct answer ✔✔Patch
The most common type of lesion associated with psoriasis is that of erythematous and scaling -
correct answer ✔✔plaques
What the public might describe as a "hive", those of us in dermatology would describe as a
_______. - correct answer ✔✔Wheal
In dermatology, a "very small blister" would most often be described as a vesicle, whereas a
"very large blister" would be best described as a ______. - correct answer ✔✔bulla
Usually scars - correct answer ✔✔Ulcer
Usually doesn't scar - correct answer ✔✔Erosion
, Dried serous fluid/blood - correct answer ✔✔Crusting
Dries epidermal particles - correct answer ✔✔scaling
Skin injury as the result of scratching - correct answer ✔✔Excoriation
Vertical separation of the skin - correct answer ✔✔Fissure
"Leathery" changes of the skin surface - correct answer ✔✔Lichenification
What is the appropriate word used to describe a lesion or injury which is "full of pus"? - correct
answer ✔✔purulent
Red - correct answer ✔✔erythematous
Bluish=purple - correct answer ✔✔violaceous
Bruise-like - correct answer ✔✔purpuric
Lighter in color - correct answer ✔✔hypopigmented
Darker in color - correct answer ✔✔hyperpigmented
Line like - correct answer ✔✔linear
