Exam 44: Structure, Function, and Disorders of the Integument

What clinical manifestations do allergic, atopic, and stasis dermatitis have in common?

Kaposi sarcoma is a vascular malignancy that occurs only in people with AIDS.

Pain experienced by patients during the thawing period after frostbite is mild because the nerve endings are anesthetized by the cold.

Match the descriptions of the skin lesions with the disorder where it is found. -Psoriasis or seborrheic and actinic keratoses

When pressure on capillaries is unrelieved, the endothelial cells lining those capillaries become disrupted with platelet aggregation forming microthrombi.

Erysipelas is an acute infection of the skin most often caused by group A streptococci.

Which immunoglobulin is found in skin biopsy with immunofluorescent observation of people with discoid lupus erythematosus?

The initiating site of inflammation in vasculitis may be blood, vessel wall, or adjacent tissue.

Older adults have impaired wound healing because of a decreased blood supply and depressed immune system.

Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition.

Which cells of the dermis secrete connective tissue matrix?

_____ is an inflammatory disorder of the skin characterized by pruritus with lesions that have an indistinct border and is often considered synonymous with dermatitis.

What is the term for the skin lesions that are elevated, rounded, and firm with irregular claw-like margins that extend beyond the original site of injury?

_____ is a benign proliferation of basal cells that produces smooth or warty elevated lesions on the chest, back, and face that are tan or waxy, yellow, flesh-colored, or dark brown-black.

Tinea (e.g., ringworm) and candidiasis are caused by fungi.

Which malignancy is characterized by slow-growing lesions that usually have depressed centers and rolled borders and are frequently located on the face and neck?

Dressings applied to pressure ulcers should be:

_____ are a collection of infected hair follicles that often occur on the back of the neck, the upper back, and lateral thighs that form a mass that evolves into an erythematous, painful, edematous mass, which drains through many openings.

Women who develop hirsutism may be secreting hormones associated with:

Match the descriptions of the skin lesions with the disorder where it is found. -Varicella (chickenpox), herpes zoster (shingles)