Exercises: Lesson 4

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EXERCISES, LESSON 4

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. ____________________ is a common genetically determined skin disease

consisting of discrete-pink or dull-red lesions from an unknown cause.

2. _____________________ is an acute or chronic inflammation often sharply

demarcated; produced by substances in contact with the skin.

3. ______________________ is the general name for a group of noncontagious

diseases that have a tendency toward erythema, swelling edema, oozing, and

itching.

4. _______________________ is a chronic inflammatory disease of the sebaceous

glands and hair follicles of the skin; the disease is caused by excessive oils.

5. A _________________________ may be described as a mass of fibrous tissue

overgrowth at the site of a burn or skin wound that is more prevalent in Blacks

and sometimes has crab-like projections.

6. _____________________ are round globular, cutaneous, or subcutaneous

tumors arising from the sebaceous glands usually found on the face, neck, scalp,

back, and genitalia.

7. Skin lesions which are an acute or chronic inflammatory skin reaction of an

allergic origin with eruptions of evanescent (nourishing) wheals and caused by an

ingestion of food or drugs are termed ______________ or _______________.

8. A __________________ is a congenital often hairy discolored spot elevated

above the surface of the skin. This lesion may become a malignant melanoma.

9. _____________________ is an acute or chronic papulosquamous dermatitis

with or without erythema that usually affects the scalp, face, the area of the

sternum, interscapular (shoulder blade) area, umbilicus, and body folds.

10. The name of the acute infection of the central nervous system involving primarily

the dorsal root ganglia and characterized by a blister and pain in the affected

areas is ________________________.

11. Lesions that are single or multiple, elevated with waxy, pearly rooted borders with

ulcerations that may occur in later stages are ____________________ skin

lesions.

12. ________________________ is a recurrent viral infection characterized by the

appearance on the skin or mucous membranes of single or multiple clusters of

small vesicles. The disease is benign and occurs in almost everyone at one time

or another.

13. __________________________ are highly malignant tumors of the skin or

mucous membranes which may metastasize to any organ of the body.

14. A wart can be removed surgically, but if it is a single inconspicuous lesion, it is

often better to _______________________________________________.

15. Begin treating impetigo lesions by _____________________________________

________________________________________________________________

16. Treatment for furuncles (boils) includes applying warm soaks to make the boil

form a head. Then, ________________________________________________

17. In treating heat rash, do not cover the area with ointments because __________

________________________________________________________________

18. After bathing, a patient with tinea pedis should ___________________________

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