EXAM 2: Med Terms / Integumentary

Question 1

epidermis

Answer 1

Outermost layer of the skin

Question 2

dermis or corium

Answer 2

Thick layer of skin lying below the epidermis that forms the true skin

(containing blood capillaries, nerve endings, sweat glands, hair follicles, and other structures)

Question 3

subcutaneous

Answer 3

Beneath the skin

Question 4

cyst

Answer 4

Closed sac or pouch with a definite wall, containing fluid, semifluid, or solid material.

Question 5

erosion

Answer 5

• An eating away of tissue

- External or internal destruction of a surface layer by physical or inflammatory process

Question 6

fissure

Answer 6

an anal tear, crack or ulcer in the lining of the anal canal - a cut or tear in the anus that extends into the anal canal. It is a common cause of red blood in the stool (feces) and toilet paper.

Question 7

nodule

Answer 7

1. a small NODE

2. a small CLUSTER of cells

Question 8

abscess

Answer 8

A localized COLLECTION OF PUS in any body part,

resulting from an invasion of a pyrogenic bacterium or other pathogen

Question 9

scales or crusts

Answer 9

1. Dried serum, pus, of blood on the skin surface
2. an OUTER COVERING or coat

(seem in diseases which the skin weeps, ie eczema, impetigo, seborrhea

Question 10

scar

Answer 10

Mark left on skin or an internal organ, by the healing of a wound, sore, or injury
(replacement of connective tissue of the injured tissue)

Question 11

tumor

Answer 11

1. SWELLING or enlargement; one of four s/s of inflammation

2. Abnormal MASS (growth/proliferation)

Question 12

ulcer

Answer 12

LESION of the skin/mucous membranes, marked by inflammation, necrosis, and sloughing of damaged tissues

Question 13

wheal

Answer 13

Round and temporary elevation of the skin,
white in center, pale-red periphery,
accompanied by itching

Question 14

biopsy

Answer 14

Tissue sample removed from the body for microscopic examination, usually to establish a diagnosis

Question 15

debridement

Answer 15

The removal of foreign material ad dead or damaged tissue, esp. in a wound

Question 16

graft

Answer 16

1. Tissue TRANSPLANTED or IMPLANTED in a part of the body to repair a defect
2. Process of placing tissue from one site to another to repair a defect

Question 17

carcinoma

Answer 17

Malignant TUMOR that occurs in EPITHELIAL tissue,

and may infiltrate local tissues or produce metastases

Question 18

keloid

Answer 18

An exuberant SCAR that forms at the site of an injury,
and spreads beyond the borders of the original lesion
(collagen fibers and fibroblasts

Question 19

cellulitis

Answer 19

A common and potentially serious BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTION of the skin and SubQ tissues

(usually caused by streptoccocal or staphylococcal infections in adults)

Question 20

contact dermatitis

Answer 20

A skin rash caused by contact with allergens or a irritating substance

(aka contact eczema)

Question 21

drug reaction

Answer 21

Adverse and undesired reaction to a substance taken for its pharmacological effects

Question 22

laceration

Answer 22

DEEP CUT or TEAR in skin or flesh.

Question 23

contusion

Answer 23

a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise.

Question 24

ecchymosis

Answer 24

*Discoloration of the skin,

resulting from bleeding underneath, typically caused by bruising.

Question 25

eschar

Answer 25

DEAD MATTER cast off from surface of the skin, esp.after a BURN.

Tissue is HARD, BLACK/BROWN, LEATHERY

Question 26

excoriation

Answer 26

ABRASION of the skin or the surface of other organs

by scratching, traumatic injury, chemicals, burns, other causes (typically linear and scaly)

Question 27

exfoliation

Answer 27

SHEDDING, or casting off of a body surface, or an epithelial lining

Question 28

gangrene

Answer 28

*Dead tissue caused by an infection or lack of blood flow.

Question 29

lesion

Answer 29

1. A circumscribed area of pathologically altered tissue
2. An INJURY or WOUND
3. A single, infected patch in a skin disease

Question 30

pruritus

Answer 30

Tingling or faintly burning sensation that prompts a person to rub or scratch; an ITCH

(severe itching of the skin, as a symptom of various ailments)

Question 31

Mantoux or PPD Test

Answer 31

Intradermal test

Determines sensitivity to TB, by indicating present/past infection by the tubercle bacillus