Exam 3- Complementary Terms

Question 1

Alopecia

Answer 1

Loss of hair

Question 2

Cyst

Answer 2

Closed sac containing fluid or semisolid material (Table 4-2, p.123)

Question 3

Ecchymosis (pl. ecchymoses)

Answer 3

Escape of blood into the skin

Question 4

Edema

Answer 4

Puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid

Question 5

Papule

Answer 5

Small, solid skin elevation (See Table 4-2)

Question 6

Petechia (pl. petechiae)

Answer 6

Pinpoint skin hemorrhage

Question 7

Pustule

Answer 7

Elevation of the skin containing pus. (See table 4-2)

Question 8

Vesicle

Answer 8

Small elevation of the epidermis containing liquid (see Table 4-2) (also called blister)

Question 9

Wheal

Answer 9

Transitory, itchy elevation of the skin with a white center and a red surrounding area; a wheal is an individual urticaria (hive) lesion (see Table 4-2)