Integument Lecture Quiz: Skin Layers and Functions
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Which skin condition is characterized by a solid, palpable area greater than 20mm?

  • Papule
  • Macule
  • Vesicle
  • Nodule (correct)
  • What is the term for an encapsulated cavity or sac lined by true epithelium, squamous lined, and filled with keratin?

  • Cyst (correct)
  • Tumor
  • Erosion
  • Pustule
  • What condition results in a discontinuity of the skin causing complete loss of epidermis and possible loss of dermis?

  • Ulceration (correct)
  • Excoriation
  • Erosion
  • Fissure
  • Which skin condition is a dry, plate-like excrescence usually due to excess stratum corneum?

    <p>Scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What results from the extravasation of RBCs into the skin or mucous membranes?

    <p>Purpura</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used for visible persistent dilation of small, superficial cutaneous blood vessels that may blanch?

    <p>Telangiectasia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What condition involves the separation of the nail plate?

    <p>Onycholysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which histological change involves the loss of desmosomes between keratinocytes and a change in cell shape from polygonal to round?

    <p>Acantholysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term refers to the thickened cornified layer with a prominent granular layer?

    <p>Hyperkeratosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which skin condition causes intraepidermal edema resulting in keratinocytes splaying apart and vesicle formation due to sheared desmosomes?

    <p>Spongiosis and Vesicles</p> Signup and view all the answers

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