Getting to the Root of Things
What is skin?
The skin is also known as this membrane.
What is the cutaneous membrane?
Make sure to rotate bedridden patients regularly or they may experience this.
What is a bedsore or decubitus ulcer?
Forgot the sun screen? Well, you most likely will be experiencing this type of burn.
What is a 1st degree burn?
C - You notice that your mole is looking a little darker than usual.
What is color?
Strausm/Stratus
What is a spreading/layer?
These membranes are found inside of organs that are exposed to air.
What are mucous membranes?
If you are having a heart attack, chances are your body is not getting enough oxygen. Consequently, you might notice this (blue skin).
What is cyanosis?
Ouch! You pull your hand away from the hot stove. If your skin begins to blister, you will have experienced this.
What is a 2nd degree burn?
D - Your mole has grown to be larger than 6mm.
What is diameter?
Sub-
What is below?
These membranes are located outside of organs and are NOT exposed to air.
This appropriately named skin cancer is the most dangerous out of the three forms of skin cancer.
What is malignant melanoma?
If you have burned through your epidermis and dermis, you will have experienced this type of burn.
What is a 3rd degree burn?
B - Your mole is bumpy or uneven on the edges.
What is border irregularity?
Folli-
What is a bag?
The serous membrane specific to the heart is called this.
What is the pericardium?
The least dangerous of the skin cancer types, this cancer appears on sun-exposed areas of the face as lesions or bumps.
What is basal cell carcinoma?
This type of burn only burns the superficial epidermis.
What is a 1st degree burn?
A - Your mole is uneven. One half does not match the other.
What is asymmetry?
Seb-
What is grease?
These are the two parts of a serous membrane.
What are the parietal and visceral layers?
Appearing on the scalp, ears, back of hands, and lower lip, this type of skin cancer grows rapidly and looks scaly and red.
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
This type of burn may require surgery or grafting to cover the exposed tissue.
What is a 4th degree burn?
E - Your mole is changing rapidly.
What is evolution?