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Medical term for single permanently dilated capillaries
TELENGIECTASES
A very itchy skin infestation where burrows are seeN:
SCABIES
Skin diseases which are contagious can be accredited to?
MICROBIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES
Is a skin disease that is caused by disorder of the keratinization process of the skin where coarse scales are formed.
ICHTHYOSIS
An increase of fluid within the tissue:
OEDEMA
BOILS ARE CAUSED BY:
BACTERIA
Name 3 malignant tumors of the epithelial tissue:
MELANOMA
SARCOMA
CARCINOMA
HERPES ZOSTER (SHINGLES) IS A PAINFUL DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE:
AFFECTS THE NERVES
WHAT MAY BE A SIGN OF LIVER DISEASE:
SPIDER NAEVI
RINGWORM IS CAUSED BY A:
FUNGUS
WHAT CAUSES A PORT WINE STAIN:
AN ABNORMAL GROWTH OF BLOOD VESSELS
A STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE BODY TISSUE BROUGHT ABOUT BY DISEASE OR INJURY IS A:
LESIONS
NAME 3 PRIMARY LESIONS:
FRECKLES
PIMPLES
MOSQUITO BITES
WHAT IS A FUNGAL INFECTION ON THE SKIN WHICH CAUSES SMALL AREAS OF THE SKIN TO CHANGE COLOR, ESPECIALLY TANNED SKIN:
TINEA VERSICOLOR
WHAT ARE ITCHY PUS FILLED VESICLES CAUSED BY ANIMAL PARASITES THAT BURROW INTO THE SKIN:
SCABIES
NAME 2 BLISTERS THAT CONTAIN CLEAR, WATER FLUID:
VESICLES
BULLAE
WHAT IS A TERM FOR A SPOT OF DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO A FRECKLE:
MACULE
WHAT DOES POISON IVY PRODUCE:
VESICLES
NAME A DISORDER OF THE SUDORIFEROUS GLAND:
PRICKLY HEAT
SECONDARY LESIONS ALWAYS DEVELOP WHEN:
IN THE LATER STAGES OF DISEASE
INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN THAT IS CONTAGIOUS IS:
HERPES SIMPLEX
NAME THE DEAD CELLS THAT FORM OVER A WOUND OR BLEMISH DURING THE HEALING PROCESS:
CRUST
A THICK OR RAISED SCAR RESULTING FROM DISPROPORTIONATE GROWTH OF FIBROUS TISSUE IS CALLED A:
KELOID
WHAT FACTORS CAN BRING ABOUT ABNORMAL PIGMENTATION:
NAME 2
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CAUSES
NAME 3 SEBACEOUS GLAND DISORDERS:
FURUNCLES
ACNE
ROSACEA
NAME THE 2 TYPES OF DYSCHROMIA:
HYPOPIGMENTATION
HYPERPIGMENTATION
DOES MILIA DEVELOP IN HAIR FOLLICLES:
NO
FURUNCLES, BLACKHEADS AND OPEN COMEDONES DO
MOLES, CHLOASMA AND TANNED SKIN ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT:
HYPERPIGMENTATION
WHAT CAN AGGRAVATE ROSACEA:
ALCOHOL
CAFFEINE
SPICY FOODS
HEAT
STRESS
NAME 3 DIFFERENT NAEVUS:
BIRTHMARK
MOLE
PORT WINE STAIN
WHAT CAN FORM A STEATOMA:
A MASS OF SEBUM
NAME 2 TYPES OF HYPOPIGMENTATION:
ALBINISM
VITILIGO
WHATS THE MAIN LESION VISIBLE IN PSORIASIS:
PLAQUE
NAME 3 PRIMARY LESIONS:
MACULES
BULLAE
PAPULES
MEDICAL TERM FOR A WART:
VERRUCA
WHAT IS A WART CAUSED BY:
A VIRUS
STRETCH MARKS ARE A RESULT OF:
DEGENERATION OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE
AN ABNORMAL GROWTH, RESULTING FROM UNCONTROLLED PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLICATION OF CELLS WHICH VARY IN SHAPE, SIZE AND HUE IS A:
TUMORS
WHAT REFERS TO SKIN INFLAMMATION:
DERMATITIS
AN ALLERGIC REACTION CAUSING INFLAMMATION TO THE SKIN FROM FROM A SUBSTANCE OR A CHEMICAL IS CALLED:
CONTACT DERMATITIS
A DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN OR NAIL IS CALLED:
DYSCHROMIA
THE NAME FOR THE DEAD SHEDDING CELLS OF THE UPPERMOST LAYER OF THE EPIDERMIS ARE KNOWS AS:
SCALES
WHAT OCCURS WHEN SEBUM AND PUS ARE MIXED WITH EPIDERMAL FLAKES:
CRUSTS
WHEN A LESION EXPANDS INTO TEH DERMIS OR DEEPER AND RESULTS IN A SLIGHTLY RAISED MARK IT IS KNOW AS A :
SCAR
RED SCALY PATCHES OF INFLAMMATION AND EXCESSIVE SKIN PRODUCTION WHICH RAPIDLY TAKES ON A SILVERY-WHITE APPEARANCE ARE CAUSED BY:
PSORIASIS
WHAT IS THE TECHNICAL TERM FOR LENTIGO:
FRECKLES
CONGENITAL LACK OF PIGMENTATION IN THE EYES, SKIN HAIR IS CALLED:
ALBINISM
SMALL SOLID ELEVATION ABOVE THE SKINS SURFACE WITH NO VISIBLE FLUID, BUT MAY OPE WHEN SCRATCHED AND BECOME INFECTED AND DEVELOP PUS IS A:
PAPULE
BENIGN, KERATIN FILLED CYSTS THAT APPEAR JUST UNDER THE EPIDERMIS ARE COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH NEWBORN BABIES; BUT APPEAR ON PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE:
MILIA
LOSS OF SKIN DUE TO SCRATCHING OR PICKING OFF THE SUPERFICIAL LAYER OF THE SKIN IS CALLED:
EXCORIATION
A BLISTER CONTAINING CLEAR FLUID IS KNOWN AS A:
VESICLE
BROWN SPOTS ON THE SKIN COMMONLY KNOWN AS LIVER SPOTS:
CHLOASMA OR MELASMA
MARK, WOUND OR ABNORMALITY OF THE SKIN ARE REFERRED TO AS:
LESIONS
CHRONIC LENGTHY INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE SKIN OF UNKNOWN CAUSE, PARTICULARLY WITH VESICULATION IN THE ACUTE STAGES IS:
ECZEMA
LACK OF PERSPIRATION WHICH CAN BE CAUSED BY FEVER OR DISEASE IS KNOWN AS:
ANHIDROSIS
FOUL SMELLING PERSPIRATION IS CALLED:
BROMHIDROSIS
COMMONLY CALLED A CALLUS, BUT WHEN GROWN INWARD IT IS KNOWN AS A CORN:
KERATOMA
MOST COMMON FORM OF SKIN CANCER:
BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
WHEN HARDENED SEBUM TURNS BLACK FROM BEING EXPOSED TO THE ENVIRONMENT IT HAS:
OXIDIZED
INFLAMMATORY DISORDER OF THE SUDORIFEROUS GLANDS CAUSED BY HEAT:
MILIARIA RUBRA
ANOTHER NAME FOR A SCAR:
CICATRIX
STEATOMA IS ALSO KNOWN AS:
SEBACEOUS CYST
NAME 3 FACTORS OF WHY SKIN SHOWS SIGNS OF VISIBLE AGING:
SUN EXPOSURE
GENETICS
LIFESTYLE
SKIN DISORDER AFFECTING THE SCALP, FACE, TRUNK CAUSING FLAKING, SCALY, ITCHY RED SKIN. PARTICULARLY AFFECTS TEH SEBUM-GLAND RICH AREAS OF THE SKIN:
SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS