Exercises: Lesson 3

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EXERCISES, LESSON 3

INSTRUCTIONS. The following exercises are to be completed by writing the answer in the space provided. After you have completed all the exercises, turn to the "Solution to Exercises" at the end of the exercises and check your answers.

1. Define skin lesions__________________________________________________

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2. List three general kinds of skin lesions that are life-threatening.

a. ______________________________________

b. ______________________________________

c. ______________________________________

3. A skin lesion that is annular is ___________ shaped while geographic skin lesions

are shaped like ____________________________.

4. A wart-like skin lesion can be called _______________ in terms of configuration

or shape, and a skin lesion which resembles a wheal can be identified as

____________________ shape.

5. A comedo (blackhead) becomes dark because ___________________________

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6. A ________________ is a common type of epidermal cyst found on the scalp.

7. A deep-seated infection involving the entire hair follicle and adjacent

subcutaneous tissue is called a _________________________.

8. The term for the softening of tissue by soaking, the tissue then turning white and

easily breaking down is __________________________.

9. A flat, discolored spot (of less than 1 cm in size) which may be hypopigmented or

hyperpigmented is called a ______________________________.

10. An elevated lesion with increased tissue fluid usually associated with itching,

sometimes an allergic response to insect bites is called a ___________________.

11. An individual has a cleavage at the epidermal/dermal interface. A skin lesion--

elevated, fluid-filled, and less than 0.5 cm--arises out of this cleavage. This skin

lesion is called a _____________________.

12. A ________________ is a smooth overgrowth of spindle-shaped cells; the growth

sometimes occurs in an area of injury.

13. A crack in the epidermis extending into the dermis and frequently seen at the

angles of the mouth is a _________________________.

14. ______________________ is loss of the epidermis that does not extend into the

dermis; a skinned knee being an example.

15. A solid, elevated skin lesion that extends deeper into the dermis than a papule

and is between 0.5 cm and 2 cm is called a ____________________________.

16. A number of wheals form the _______________________, the lesion that is

characteristic of the skin disease psoriasis.

17. An excavation into the dermis or deeper, a skin lesion which always leaves a scar,

is called ___________________________.

18. ______________________ is a "black and blue spot" caused by the escape of

blood from injured blood vessels.

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