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Twenty Questions

Twenty Questions . Subject:. Twenty Questions. 1. Medical term describing a torn or jagged wound. Laceration. 2. Term meaning an infestation with head lice. Pediculosis capitis. 3. Vitiligo. Skin condition in which there is loss of pigmentation causing milk-white patches.

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Twenty Questions

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  1. Twenty Questions Subject:

  2. Twenty Questions

  3. 1. Medical term describing a torn or jagged wound • Laceration

  4. 2. Term meaning an infestation with head lice • Pediculosis capitis

  5. 3. Vitiligo • Skin condition in which there is loss of pigmentation causing milk-white patches

  6. 4. Decubitus ulcer • Condition involving tissue death that is usually associated with loss of circulation, also known as a pressure or bedsore

  7. 5. Impetigo • Bacterial infection with characteristic honey colored crusts

  8. 6. Medical term meaning having no color pigmentation • albinism

  9. 7. Wheal • Medical term describing a smooth, swollen area that is usually accompanied by itching? Often seen during allergy testing or injection

  10. 8. dermatitis • Localized allergic response caused by contact with an irritant or allergen

  11. 9. Medical term for blackhead • comedo

  12. 10. Medical term meaning abnormal condition of black. • melanosis

  13. 11. Cyst • Condition in which there is a closed sac containing fluid or semi-fluid material

  14. 12. Another name for a bruise • Contusion or ecchymosis

  15. 13. Medical term meaning abnormal hairiness • hirsutism

  16. 14. Above normal sweating • Hyperhydrosis

  17. 15. Having spots of no hair • alopecia

  18. 16. Clubbing of fingers • Abnormal change in nails due to the chronic lack of oxygen… rounded fingertips

  19. 17. What type of burn has injury to the epidermis and dermis? • 2nd degree burns

  20. 18. What form of skin cancer is slow growing and rarely spreads • Basal cell carcinoma

  21. 19. macula • Medical term meaning a discolored, flat skin lesion such as a freckle or flat mole less than 1 cm in diameter

  22. 20. Port-wine stain • A birthmark with flat, discolored area of the skin

  23. Twenty Questions

  24. 1. hematoma • Blood trapped in the tissues under a nail is known as a subungual __________________________

  25. 2. Black cells • melanocytes

  26. 3. Production and excretion of sweat is known as • hydrosis

  27. 4. melanosis • Condition of unusual deposits of black pigment in different parts of the body (abnormal condition of black)

  28. 5. vesicle • Raised area filled with clear fluid

  29. 6. polyp • Mushroom-like growth on mucous membranes

  30. 7. Fatty tumor • lipoma

  31. 8. pustule • Small raised area filled with pus

  32. 9. Abnormally raised scar • keloid

  33. 10. Skin tag • A skin growth that hangs by a fine stalk

  34. 11. dyschromia • Any abnormal coloring of the skin, disorder of skin pigmentation

  35. 12. papule • Small solid raised area of skin

  36. 13. abcess • Large swollen area filled with pus

  37. 14. abrasion • Scrapping of the superficial layers of skin

  38. 15. tactile • Pertaining to touch

  39. 16. onychomycosis • Fungus infection of the nail

  40. 17. diaphoresis • Profuse sweating

  41. 18. Puncture wound • Lesion that happens when stepping on a nail

  42. 20. cauterization • Destruction of tissue by burning for therapeutic purposes

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