Saint Louis University Baguio City Adian, Merol Mae C.

April 16, 2009 BSN 1-20 Health Assessment on Integumentary System (Definition of Terms)
Cyanosis Jaundice Pallor Ecchymosis Petechiae Macule Patch Papule Plaque Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by reduced oxygen in the blood. A yellowish color of the sclera, mucous membrane, or skin. The absence of underlying red tones in the skin and may be most readily seen in the buccal mucosa. A bruise that changes in color from blue-black to greenish brown or yellow. Pinpoint red areas in the skin. Small circumscribed changes in the color of skin that are neither raised (elevated) nor depressed. A dressing or covering applied to protect a wound or sore. A superficial, circumscribed elevation of the skin. An invisible soft film consisting of bacteria, molecules of saliva, and remnants of epithelial cells and leukocytes that adhere to the enamel surface of the teeth. A small node. A small nodelike structure. A swelling or enlargement occurring in inflammatory conditions. A small, smooth, slightly raised area on the skin usually filled with fluid. A tiny blister, a small, thin-walled, raised skin lesion containing clear fluid. A thin walled blister of the skin or mucous membranes greater than one centimeter in diameter containing clear, serous fluid. A visible collection of pus within the epidermis. The wearing away or gradual destruction of a surface, as of a mucosal or epidermal surface as a result of inflammation, injury, or other effects, usually marked by the appearance of an ulcer. A localized open sore or lesion characterized by sloughing of necrotic skin tissue or mucous membrane. A cleft of groove. An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab. A thin flake or compacted platelike structure, as of cornified epithelial cells on the body surface. Thickening and hardening of the skin, often resulting from the irritation caused by repeated scratching of a pruritic lesion. Wasting away, decrease in size of organ or tissue (ex: muscle). Loss of the superficial layers of the skin. a mark remaining after the healing of a wound or other morbid process Overgrowth of collagenous scar tissue at the side of a wound of the skin. A blackhead or white head; a plug of dried sebum in a sebaceous gland.

Nodule Tumor Wheal Vesicle Bulla Pustule Erosion

Ulcer Fissure Crust Scale Lichenification Atrophy Excoriation Scar Keloid Comedo

Telangiectasia Nevus

Permanent dilatation of groups of superficial capillaries and venules. A pigmented, congenital skin blemish that is usually benign but, rarely, may become cancerous.