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Health Assessment
Skin 12- skin
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Health Care
Undergraduate 1
03/27/2012

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Term
Alopecia
Definition
loss of hair
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annular
Definition
circular shape to skin lesion
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Bulla
Definition
elevated cavity containing free fluid larger than 1 cm diameter
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confluent
Definition
skin lesion that run together
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crust
Definition
thick, dried out exudate left on skin when vesicles/pustule burst or dry up
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cyanosis
Definition
dusky blue color skin or mucous membranes due to increased amount of unoxygenated hemoglobin
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erosion
Definition
scooped out, shallow depression in the skin
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erythema
Definition
intense redness of the skin due to excess blood in dillated superficial capillaries, as in fever or inflammation
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excoriation
Definition
self-inflicted abrasion on skin due to scratching
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Fissure
Definition
linear crack in skin extending to the dermis
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furuncle
Definition
boil suppurative inflammatory skin lesion due to infected hair follicle
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Hemangioma
Definition
skin lesion to benign proliferation of blood vessels in the dermis
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iris
Definition
target shape of skin lesion
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jaundice
Definition
yellow color to skin, palate, and sclera due to excess bilirubin in the blood
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keloid
Definition
hypertropic scar, elevated beyond site of original injury
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Lichenification
Definition
tightly packed set of papules that thickens skin from prolonged intense scratching
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Lipoma
Definition
bening fatty tumor
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Maceration
Definition
softening of the tissue by soaking
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macule
Definition
flat skin lesion with only color change
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Nevus
Definition
mole circumscribed lesion due to excess melanocytes
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nodule
Definition
elevated skin lesion, >1 cm
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pallor
Definition
excessively pale, whitish pink color to lightly pigmented skin
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papule
Definition
palpable skin lesion, < 1 cm
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plaque
Definition
skin lesion in which papules come together
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pruritus
Definition
itching
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purpura
Definition
red-purple skin lesion due to blood in tissues from breaks in blood vessels
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pustule
Definition
elevated cavity containing thick, turbid fluid (acne)
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scale
Definition
compact dessicated flakes of skin from shedding of dead skin cells
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telangiectasia
Definition
skin lesion due to permanently enlarged and dilated blood vessels
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ulcer
Definition
sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue that causes deep depression in skin, extending into dermis
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vesicle
Definition
elevated cavity with free fluid up to 1 cm
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wheal
Definition
raised red skin due to interstiitual fluid
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zosteriform
Definition
linear shape of skin lesion along a nerve route
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melanin,carotene, and from the red-purple tones of the underlying vascular bed

Definition
skin color is derived from
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collagen
Definition
in the dermis and it resists skin tearing
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vellus and terminal
Definition
two type of hair
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eccrine
Definition
sweat gland that produces dilute saline solution called sweat
Term
apocrine gland
Definition
produces thick, milky secretion and open into the hair follicles
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lanugo
Definition
fine, down hair
Term
linea nigra
Definition
midline of abdomen when pregnant
Term
cholasma
Definition
pigment in the face when pregnant
Term
hepatitis c
Definition
use of nonsterile appliances for tattors increases risk for
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hirsuitism
Definition
shggy or excessive hair
Term
urticaria
Definition
hives
Term
junctional nevus
Definition
this mole only occurs in children and adolescents and progresses to a compound nevi, intranerval nevi is in older age adults
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yellowish brown color
Definition
pallor for brown skinned is
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ashen or gray
Definition
pallor for black skinned
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palpebral conjunctiva and nail beds
Definition
the best sites to assess for pallor of anemia
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spoon nails
Definition
chronic iron deficiency anemia may show
Term
cyanonosis
Definition
this indicated hypoxemia and occurs with shock, heart failure, chronic bronchtis, and congenital heart disease
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jaundice
Definition
this occurs with hepatitis, cirrhosis, sick-cell disease, transfussion reaction, and hemolytic disease of the new born
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light or clay-colored
Definition
stool for jaundice is
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skin
Definition
hyperthyroidism has an increased metabolic rate, causing wamr moist
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diaphoresis
Definition
occurs with thyrotoxicosis and stimulation of the nervous system with anxiety or pain
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hyperthyroidism
Definition
skn feels smoother, softer, like velvet
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hypothyroidism
Definition
skin feels rough dry and flaky
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arterial insufficiency
Definition
very thin, shiny skin
Term
1+
Definition
mild pitting, slight indentation, no perceptible swelling of the leg
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2+
Definition
moderate pitting, indentation subsides rapidly
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3+
Definition
very deep pitting, indetation remaind for a short time, leg looks swollen
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4+
Definition
very deep pitting indentation lasts a long time, leg is very swollen
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fungal infections
Definition
this infections are common in aging, with thickened, crumbling toenails and erythematous scaling on contigous skin surfaces
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clubbing of nails
Definition
this suggests cyanotic heart disease and neoplastic and pulmonary diseases.
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ecchymodid
Definition
this is consistent with trauma
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