Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
17 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Absence of hair from areas where it normally grows
|
Alopecia
|
|
|
Bluish-black mark (bruise) on the skin
|
Ecchymosis (plural; ecchymoses)
|
|
|
Small, pinpoint hemorrhage
|
Petchia (plural; petechiae)
|
|
|
Itching
|
Pruritus
|
|
|
Acute allergic reaction in which red, round wheals develop on the skin
|
Urticaria (hives)
|
|
|
chronic papular and pustular eruption of the skin with increased production of sebum
|
acne
|
|
|
Diffuse, acute infection of the skin marked by local heat, redness, pain and swelling
|
cellulitis
|
|
|
Inflammatory skin disease with erythematour, papulovesicular lesions
|
eczema
|
|
|
Rash (exanthema) of the skin due to a viral infection
|
exanthematous viral diseases
|
|
|
Dealth of tissue associated with loss of blood supply
|
gangene
|
|
|
bacterial inflammatory skin disease characterized by vesicles, pustules, and crusted-over lesions
|
Impetigo
|
|
|
Chronic, recurrent dermatosis marked by itchy, scaly, red plaques covered by silvery gray scales
|
Psoriasis
|
|
|
A contagios, parsitic infection of the skin with intense pruritus
|
scabies
|
|
|
A chronic progresssive disease of the skin with hardening and shrinking of connective tissue
|
Scleroderma
|
|
|
chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease of collagen in the skin, of joints, and of internal organs
|
systemic lupus erthematosus (SLE)
|
|
|
Infection of the skin caused by a fungus
|
Tinia
|
|
|
loss of pigment (depimentation) in areaas of the skin (milk-white patches)
|
Vitiligo
|
