Exam 12: Integumentary System

_____ is defined as a fungal inflammation of the skin.

A 17-year-old woman has decreased tissue pigment. This is referred to as:

A wound produced by a sharp instrument is a(n) _____.

A 6-year-old girl skinned her knee, and her mother applied medicine to the broken skin to prevent infection. The type of medicine is classified as:

_____ means pertaining to the nails.

An abnormal growth of hair in an unusual place is called:

The term keratin means :

A chronic disorder, primarily of the skin, named for the reddish facial rash that frequently accompanies the disorder is called:

The _____ refers to the armpit.

An 81-year-old man has a lesion that is well defined, giving the appearance of being able to draw a circle around it. This term for this type of lesion is:

An agent that acts against perspiration is called a(n) _____.

A 7-year-old boy has a black and blue mark on his leg where he was hit with a baseball during his last game. This is referred to as a(n):

A 23-year-old woman recently camped out in northeastern United States and came home with a red papule, plus flulike symptoms. Other symptoms began to appear several weeks later. The most-likely diagnosis is:

Excessive exposure to sun increases the risk for skin cancer, which is comprised of which types of cells?

Implanting skin to cover areas where skin has been lost results in a:

Another name for the skin is:

Which of the following skin lesions is described as a nonraised, discolored spot?

Which term means a chronic hardening and thickening of the skin?

Which of the following is a blister smaller than 0.5 cm?

A physician prescribes a medicine that inhibits the growth of bacteria for a patient who has a small open wound. The adjective that describes the medication is: