Health Assessment Test 3 UTMB
test questions and answers(100%
accuracy)
Annular - answer Circular, beings in the center and spreads to the
periphery ex: ringworm
Confluent - answer Lesions run together ex: hives
Discrete - answer Distinct, individual lesions that remain separate ex: skin
tags, acne
Linear - answer A scratch, streak, line, or stiripe
Zosteriform - answer Linear arrangement along the unilateral nerve route
ex: herpes zoster
Grouped - answer Cluster of lesions ex: vesicles of contact dermatitis
Target - answer Iris, resembles iris of eye, concentric rings of color in
lesions ex: erythema multiforme
Polycyclic - answer Annular lesions grow together ex: psoriasis
Macule - answer Solely a color change, flat and circumscribed, of less than
1 cm. Examples: freckles, flat nevi, hypopigmentation, petechiae, measles,
scarlet fever.
, Patch - answer Macules larger than 1cm ex: cafe al lait spot
Nodule - answer Solid, round or oval elevated lesion 1 cm or more in
diameter. May extent deeper into the dermis than papule. ex: fibroma
Tumor - answer larger than a few centimeters in diameter, firm or soft,
deeper into dermis; may be benign or malignant. ex: lipoma, hemangioma
Papule - answer Something you can feel (i.e., solid, elevated,
circumscribed, less than 1 cm diameter) caused by superficial thickening
in epidermis. Examples: elevated nevus (mole), lichen planus, molluscum,
wart (verruca).
Plaque - answer Papules coalesce to form surface elevation wider than
1cm. A plateau like, disk-shaped lesion. ex: psoriasis, lichen planus
Wheal - answer superficial, raised, transient, and erythematous; slightly
irregular shape from edema. ex: mosquito bite
Urticaria - answer Wheals coalesce to form extensive reaction, intensely
pruritic ex: hives
Vesicle - answer Elevated cavity containing flee fluid, up to 1cm; a
"blister". Clear serum flows if wall is ruptured. ex: herpes simplex
Bulla - answer Larger that 1cm diameter; usually single chambered
(unilocular); superficial in epidermis; thin walled and ruptures easily. ex:
friction blister
Cyst - answer Encapsulated fluid-filled cavity in dermis or subcutaneous
layer, tensely elevating skin. ex: sebaceous cyst
Pustule - answer Turbid fluid (pus) in the cavity. Circumscribed and
elevated. ex: acne
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