CHIMA NCE Final Review - Skin and
Integumentary System. 100% Coverage,
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Pustule - ✔✔-Filled with cloudy or purulent material
Vesicle - ✔✔-Clear fluid, less than 0.5 cm, superficial
Bulla - ✔✔-More than 0.5
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CHIMA NCE Final Review - Skin and
Integumentary System. 100% Coverage,
rated A+
Pustule - ✔✔-Filled with cloudy or purulent material
Vesicle - ✔✔-Clear fluid, less than 0.5 cm, superficial
Bulla - ✔✔-More than 0.5cm, superficial, clear fluid
Cyst - ✔✔-Fluid filled sac, liquid or semi-solid material, deep
Scale - ✔✔-Thickened layer of outer skin, dry, white colored
Crust - ✔✔-Liquid debris, dried on the skins surface
Plaque - ✔✔-Plateau like, elevated, larger than 0.5 cm, covered in scales
Comedo - ✔✔-Lesion of acne
Nodule - ✔✔-marble-like, solid lesion more than 1 cm wide and deep
Papule - ✔✔-small, solid, raised lesion on surface of the skin
Macule - ✔✔-flat skin lesion with only a color change (white, brown or red)
Burrow - ✔✔-a tunnel or streak caused by a burrowing organism
Ulcer - ✔✔-open sore or lesion in the skin or mucous membrane
Fissure - ✔✔-an opening; a groove; a split
Erosion - ✔✔-Wide but shallow fissure
Seborric dermatitis - ✔✔--Inflammatory condition of sebaceous glands (Cradle cap in infants)
-Idopathic, hereditary and stress can be factors
-Low dose HC
contact dermatitis - ✔✔-An inflammation of the skin caused by having contact with certain chemicals or
substances;
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) - ✔✔-chronic inflammation of the skin; rash occurs in face, neck , elbows,
knees, and upper trunk of the body along with itching. Triggered by stress anxiety and climate
uticaria (hives) - ✔✔-acute allergic reaction in which red, round wheals develop on the skin.
Psoriasis - ✔✔-chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with silvery scales. unknown cause.
herpes zoster - ✔✔-an acute viral infection characterized by painful skin eruptions that follow the
underlying route of an inflamed nerve. Does not cross the midline
Cellulitis - ✔✔-diffuse, acute infection of the skin marked by local heat, redness, pain, and swelling
tinea capitis - ✔✔-fungal infection of the scalp
tinea corporis - ✔✔-ringworm
tinea unguium - ✔✔-fungal infection of the nails
tinea pedis - ✔✔-athlete's foot
Tinea curis - ✔✔-jock itch
decubitus ulcer - ✔✔-pressure sore-localized area of dead skin, blisters and smelly discharge. LAck of
blood supply to area
What are the 2 main layers of skin? - ✔✔-Epidermis: No blood supply
Dermis: Blood supply by diffusion
What is the hypodermis? - ✔✔-Subcutaneous tissue made of aerolar and adipose tissue that binds the
skin to the underlying tissue
Which layer of the epidermis are skin cells produced? - ✔✔-Stratum basale, also called the stratum
germinatium
What substance replaces the cytoplasm in the cells as they are pushed upward? - ✔✔-Keratin
What is the outer layer of the epidermis called? - ✔✔-stratum corneum
What are the 2 types of melanin? - ✔✔-pheomelanin and eumelanin
What are the functions of the skin? - ✔✔-Protection, barrier, vitamin D production, sensory perception,
thermoregulation
What is the cutaneous membrane? - ✔✔-skin
What is the parietal pleura? - ✔✔-lines the walls of the thoracic cavity
What is the viseral pleura? - ✔✔-Part of the parietal membrane that folds back and covers the organs
What is the pleural membrane? - ✔✔-Surrounds each lung and lines the thoracic cavity
What is the pericardial membrane? - ✔✔-Surrounds the
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