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NUR 631 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) DERM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (SOLVED) 100% CORRECT
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NUR 631 Derm1. what is skin
Answer
largest organ of body, cover entire body 20% of body weight
2. what are hair nails glands
Answer
accessory structures
3. primary fx of skin
Answer
protect body
4. barrier against microorganisms, UV radiation, loss of body fluids, stress of mechanical
forces
Answer
skin function
5. functions of skin
Answer
regulate body temp, Vit D production, immune surveillance, sensations/pressure receptors for
protection
6. what changes in aging skin
Answer
vascularity, immune and glandular fx, temp regu- lation, sensory fx
7. is skin fuction fully developed in newborn
Answer
no
8. why are infants at risk for fluid loss
,Answer
skin relatively permeable
9. what causes millia/cradle cap
Answer
sebum first few weeks of life hold water in
10. what happens to skin during puberty
Answer
sebacious glands more active, acne, breast areola change
11. ABCDE
Answer
Assymetry Border
Color (uniform good) Diameter
Evolving
12. circumscribed, flat color change less than 1 cm
Answer
macule
13. what are freckles, nevi
Answer
macule
14. Macule
Answer
flat, colored spot on the skin LESS than 1 CM
15. macule larger than 1 cm
Answer
patch
,16. patch
Answer
a flat, discolored area on the skin larger than 1 cm
17. examples of patch
Answer
Mongolian spot, vitiligo, chloasma
18. papule
Answer
small, solid skin elevation less than 1 cm
19. examples of papule
Answer
elevated nevi, warts, cherry angioma, molluscum
20. elevated solid lesion 1cm or less
Answer
papule
21. flat elevated circumscribed lesion greater than 1cm
Answer
plague
22. may be formed by coalescence of papules
Answer
plaque
23. examples of plaque
Answer
psoriasis, lichen planus
24. nodule
, Answer
elevated, firm, circumscribed lesion; deeper in dermis than a papule; 1 to 2 cm in diameter
25. elevated, firm, circumscribed lesion; deeper in dermis than a papule; 1 to 2 cm in diameter
Answer
nodule
26. examples of nodule
Answer
fibroma, lipoma
27. vesicle
Answer
elevated, cirumscribed and superficial lesion; does not extend into dermis; filled with serous
fluid; measures less than 1 cm in diameter;
28. elevated, cirumscribed and superficial lesion; does not extend into dermis; filled with serous
fluid; measures less than 1 cm in diameter;
Answer
vesicle
29. herpes simplex, early varicella, contact dermatitis are examples of
Answer
vesicle
30. vesicle that is larger than 1 cm
Answer
bulla
31. bulla is
Answer
larger than vessicle greater than 1 cm
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