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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, or circular, begins in center and spreads to periphery.
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annular
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions:
___, lesions run together. |
confluent
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, distinct, individual lesions that remain seperate.
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discrete
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, clusters of lesions.
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grouped
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, twisted, coiled spiral, snakelike.
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gyrate
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, or iris, resembles iris of eye, concentric rings of color in the lesions.
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target
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, annular lesions grow together.
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polycyclic
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, liner arrangement along a nerve route.
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zosteriform
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Primary Skin Lesions: Solely a color change, flat and circumscribed, of less than 1 cm.
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macule
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Primary Skin Lesions:
Something you can feel, i.e., solid, elevated, circumscribed, less than 1 cm. diameter, due to superficial thickening in the epidermis. |
papule
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Primary Skin Lesions:
Macules that are larger than 1 cm. |
patch
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Primary Skin Lesions: Papules coalesce to form surface elevation wider than 1 cm. A plateulike, disk-shaped lesion.
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plaque
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Primary Skin Lesions: Solid, elevated, hard or soft, larger than 1 cm. May extend deeper into dermis than papule.
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nodule
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Primary Skin Lesions: Superficial, raised, transient, and erythematous; slightly irregular shape due to edema (fluid held diffusely in the tissues).
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wheal
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Primary Skin Lesions: Encapsulated fluid-filled cavity in the dermis or subcutaneous layer, tensely elevating skin.
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cyst
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, or circular, begins in center and spreads to periphery.
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annular
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions:
___, lesions run together. |
confluent
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, distinct, individual lesions that remain seperate.
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discrete
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, clusters of lesions.
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grouped
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, twisted, coiled spiral, snakelike.
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gyrate
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, or iris, resembles iris of eye, concentric rings of color in the lesions.
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target
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, annular lesions grow together.
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polycyclic
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, liner arrangement along a nerve route.
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zosteriform
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Primary Skin Lesions: Solely a color change, flat and circumscribed, of less than 1 cm.
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macule
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Primary Skin Lesions:
Something you can feel, i.e., solid, elevated, circumscribed, less than 1 cm. diameter, due to superficial thickening in the epidermis. |
papule
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Primary Skin Lesions:
Macules that are larger than 1 cm. |
patch
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Primary Skin Lesions: Papules coalesce to form surface elevation wider than 1 cm. A plateulike, disk-shaped lesion.
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plaque
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Primary Skin Lesions: Solid, elevated, hard or soft, larger than 1 cm. May extend deeper into dermis than papule.
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nodule
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Primary Skin Lesions: Superficial, raised, transient, and erythematous; slightly irregular shape due to edema (fluid held diffusely in the tissues).
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wheal
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Primary Skin Lesions: Encapsulated fluid-filled cavity in the dermis or subcutaneous layer, tensely elevating skin.
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cyst
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Primary Skin Lesions: Elevated cavity containing free fluid, up to 1 cm. Clear serum flows if wall is ruptured.
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vesicle
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Primary Skin Lesions: Turbid fluid (pus)in the cavity. Circumscribed and elevated.
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pustule
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Freckles are an example of what primary skin lesion?
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macule
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An elevated nevus is commonly known as a ___.
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mole
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A wart or elevated nevus is an example of what primary skin lesion?
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papule
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A mosquito bite or an allergic reaction is an example of what primary skin lesion?
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wheal
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Acne is example of what primary skin lesion?
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pustule
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Chickenpox is example of what primary skin lesion?
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vesicle
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Vascular lesions: A large, flat macular patch covering the scalp or face, frequently along the distribution of cranial nerve V. The color is dark red, bluish, or purplish.
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Port-Wine Stain (Nevus Flammeus)
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Vascular lesions: A raised bright red area with well-defined borders about 2 to 3 cm in diameter.
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Strawberry Mark (Immature Hemangioma)
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Vascular lesions: A reddish-blue, irregularly shaped, solid and spongy mass of blood vessels.
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cavernous hamangioma (mature)
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Vascular lesions: A fiery red, star-shaped marking with solid circular center. Capillary radiations extend from the central arterial body.
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spider or star angioma
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Vascular lesions: A blue-purple dilatation of venules and capillaries in a star-shaped, linear, or flaring pattern.
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venous lake
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Vascular lesions:
Tiny punctate hemorrhages, less than 2 mm, round and discrete, dark red, purple, or brown in color. |
petechiae
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Vascular lesions: Confluent and extensive patch of petechiae and ecchymoses, flat macular hemorrhage.
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purpura
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What does an abnormal capillary refill indicate?
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1) cardiovascular dysfunction
2)respiratory dysfunction |
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What does clubbing indicate?
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1)congenital chronic cyanotic heart disease
2)emphysema 3)chronic bronchitis |
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Enlargement of the lymph nodes due to infection, allergy, or neoplasm is known as?
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lympadenopathy
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___ is a deformity of the neck where the head is tilted toward one side and limited neck ROM to the opposite side.
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torticollis (wryneck)
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Obstruction of drainage of cerebrospinal fluid results in excessive accumulation, increasing intracranial pressure, and enlargement of the head is called?
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hydrocephalus
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Excessive secretion of growth hormone from the piturary, after puberty, creates an enlarged skull and thickened cranial bones is called?
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acromegaly
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, or circular, begins in center and spreads to periphery.
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annular
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions:
___, lesions run together. |
confluent
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, distinct, individual lesions that remain seperate.
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discrete
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, clusters of lesions.
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grouped
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, twisted, coiled spiral, snakelike.
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gyrate
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, or iris, resembles iris of eye, concentric rings of color in the lesions.
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target
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, annular lesions grow together.
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polycyclic
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Common Shapes and Configurations of Lesions: ___, liner arrangement along a nerve route.
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zosteriform
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Primary Skin Lesions: Solely a color change, flat and circumscribed, of less than 1 cm.
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macule
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Primary Skin Lesions:
Something you can feel, i.e., solid, elevated, circumscribed, less than 1 cm. diameter, due to superficial thickening in the epidermis. |
papule
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Primary Skin Lesions:
Macules that are larger than 1 cm. |
patch
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Primary Skin Lesions: Papules coalesce to form surface elevation wider than 1 cm. A plateulike, disk-shaped lesion.
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plaque
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Primary Skin Lesions: Solid, elevated, hard or soft, larger than 1 cm. May extend deeper into dermis than papule.
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nodule
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Primary Skin Lesions: Superficial, raised, transient, and erythematous; slightly irregular shape due to edema (fluid held diffusely in the tissues).
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wheal
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Primary Skin Lesions: Encapsulated fluid-filled cavity in the dermis or subcutaneous layer, tensely elevating skin.
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cyst
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___ is perception of two images of a single object.
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diplopia
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___ occurs with disease of the semicircular canals in the ears, a paretic eye muscle, multiple sclerosis, or brain lesions.
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nystagmus
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___ is a deviation in the anteroposterior axis of the eye.
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strabismus
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Even yellowing of the sclera extending up to the cornea, indicating jaundice is called?
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scleral icterus
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___ is ringing, crackling, or buzzing of the ears.
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tinnitis
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___ is the feeling that the room is spinning around.
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vertigo
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___ is the resulting skin level depressed with loss of tissue; a thinning of the epidermis.
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atrophic scar
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