Exam 13: Integument

A 30-year-old-healthy patient presents to his family physician with a scaly, red, crusty area on his forehead that does not appear to heal. The physician determines that the lesion has increased in size. The physician should suspect

A 45-year-old man presents to his dermatologist with a skin condition. The patient was bitten on the leg by a dog and then developed a red, warm, painful, swollen area in the region of the bite. The physician suspects

Which of the following infections of the skin is caused by a Corynebacterium?

Sebaceous glands are classified as

The encircled structure

The structure at the tip of the arrow

Melanocytes are located in which of the following layers of the epidermis?

A young African American child is taken to his dermatologist by his parents, who are concerned by a lack of pigmentation in some regions of his body. The dermatologist should suspect

A medical student playing softball chased the ball through a field populated with patches of poison ivy. The student's skin came in contact with the poisonous plant. Which of the following cells processes and presents the plant antigen to initiate the immune response of the skin?

Identify the layer at the arrow tip

A 24-year-old man with AIDS sees his physician because of brown, oval patches that started on his toes and have spread to his face. The physician should suspect

Cells of the stratum spinosum are attached to each other by

Which of the following statements is not correct concerning skin?

Which of the following is correct about freckles? They