Integumentary System

Question 1

What is thrombosis?

Answer 1

Blood clot

Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot within a blood vessel.

Question 2

What is embolism?

Answer 2

Blockage in a blood vessel

An embolism occurs when a blood vessel is blocked by a material such as a blood clot, air bubble, or fat globule.

Question 3

What does ‘adip/o’ refer to?

Answer 3

Fat

Question 4

What does ‘cutane/o’ refer to?

Answer 4

Skin

Question 5

What does ‘seb/o’ refer to?

Answer 5

Oil

Question 6

What does ‘hidr/o’ refer to?

Answer 6

Sweat

Question 7

What does ‘pil/o’ or ‘trich/o’ refer to?

Answer 7

Hair

Question 8

What is clubbing in relation to the integumentary system?

Answer 8

Nails

Question 9

What does ‘kerato’ mean?

Answer 9

Hard

Question 10

What does ‘xero’ refer to?

Answer 10

Dryness

Question 11

What does ‘crypto’ mean?

Answer 11

Hidden

Question 12

What does ‘leuko’ refer to?

Answer 12

White

Question 13

What does ‘erythro’ refer to?

Answer 13

Red

Question 14

What does ‘xantho’ refer to?

Answer 14

Yellow

Question 15

What does ‘cyan/o’ refer to?

Answer 15

Blue

Question 16

What is pruritis?

Answer 16

An itch

Question 17

What is urticaria?

Answer 17

Hives

Question 18

What is diaphoresis?

Answer 18

Sweating

Question 19

What is depigmentation?

Answer 19

Loss of pigmentation

Question 20

What is vitiligo?

Answer 20

Loss of skin color

Question 21

What is a comedo?

Answer 21

White head or black head

Question 22

What does macerate mean?

Answer 22

Very wet, soggy to the touch area

Question 23

What is dermatodynia?

Answer 23

Skin pain

Question 24

What is dermatolysis?

Answer 24

Skin breaking down

Question 25

What is hemathidrosis?

Answer 25

Sweating blood

Question 26

What are the components of a rash?

Answer 26

Location, color, size, texture, filling of the rash

Question 27

Differentiate between localized and generalized rashes

Answer 27

Localized: confined to one area; Generalized: spread over a larger area

Question 28

What are the types of bumps in dermatology?

Answer 28

* Papules (<1cm) * Nodules (>1cm) * Plaques (large and flat) * Tumors

Question 29

What are vesicles?

Answer 29

Bumps with fluid < 1cm

Question 30

What are the three degrees of burns?

Answer 30

* 1st degree (only epidermis) * 2nd degree (dermis + epidermis) * 3rd degree (dermis, epidermis, and hypodermis)

Question 31

What are diagnostic procedures for skin conditions?

Answer 31

* Culture and sensitivity * Biopsy (Bx) * Epidermal tumors (nevus, dysplastic nevus, verruca)

Question 32

What is a verruca?

Answer 32

Wart

Question 33

What is a cicatrix?

Answer 33

Scar formation

Question 34

What is a keloid?

Answer 34

Scar formation

Question 35

What are the ABCDEs of moles?

Answer 35

* A - Asymmetrical * B - Border * C - Color * D - Diameter * E - Evolving

Question 36

What is a decubitus ulcer?

Answer 36

Pressure wound or bed sore

Question 37

What causes a decubitus ulcer?

Answer 37

Develops when a person is in the same position and the bone is pressed up against something else

Question 38

What is ichthyosis?

Answer 38

Dry and itchy skin condition

Question 39

What is psoriasis?

Answer 39

Plaques on skin

Question 40

What is sclerodermatitis?

Answer 40

Hard skin condition

Question 41

List the types of skin procedures.

Answer 41

* Cold (cryosurgery) * Lasers (dermabrasion) * Electricity (electrocauterization) * Surgery (incision and drainage - I&D) * Skin grafting * Lipectomy (surgical removal of fat) * Rhytidoplasty (facial lift)