Primary Lesion
Stems from a result of a specific causative agent; develops on unaltered skin
What is a primary skin lesion
Stems from a change in a primary skin lesion over time
What is a secondary skin lesion?
Behind the tip of the mandible
The base of the skull
What is submental?
What is occipital?
Full- thickness loss of skin, extends into sub-Q tissue which adipose tissue (fat) is visible in the ulcer
What is stage III pressure injury?
Yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes resulting from high bilirubin
What is jaundice?
Elevated, and can be felt, circumscribed, less than 1cm in diameter
What is a papule?
Linear crack with abrupt edges, extend to dermis, may bleed
What is a fissure?
Under the armpit
The front of the ear
Right side of the SCM
What is axillary?
What is preauricular?
What is superficial posterior cervical?
Full thickness skin and tissue loss with exposed muscle, bone, tendon, ligament or cartiliage
What is stage IV pressure injury?
Blue discoloration due to deoxyhemoglobin in the blood caused by deoxygenation
What is cyanosis?
Superficial, raised erythematous, slightly irregular shape from edema (ex: mosquito bite)
What is a wheal?
Scratches that come from intense scratching or itching, can be crusted, self-inflicted
What is excoriation?
Halfway between the tip of the mandible and the temporomandibular joint
Near the elbow
Under the mouth, but above the mandible
What is submandibular?
What is epitrochlear?
What is facial?
Non-blanchable erythema, intact skin is red, not broken
What is stage I pressure injury?
This is the longest phase of the hair growth cycle (3-6 years)
What is the anagen phase?
Pus in a cavity, circumscribed and elevated (ex: impetigo and acne)
What is pustule?
Prolonged scratching that eventually thickens the skin and produces tightly packed sets of papules
What is lichenification?
Behind the ear; posterior to the mastoid process
Under the angle of the mandible
Lower lymph of the two near the femoral area
What is postauricular?
What is tonsillar?
What is superficial inferior inguinal?
Partial-thickness skin loss, loss of dermis and epidermis, shallow, open blister
What is a stage II pressure wound?
These produce and contain melanin
The more melanin produced, the ______ the skin
What is melanocytes?
What is darker?
Examples of vesicles (4)
What is herpes simplex, herpes zoster (shingles), contact dermatitis, and chickenpox
What is a keloid?
Overlying sternocleidomastoid muscle on the left side
Just above and behind clavicle at SCM muscle
Upper lymph near the femoral artery
What is superficial anterior deep cervical?
What is supraclavicular?
What is superficial superior inguinal
Match these factors with it's stage (I, II, III, IV)
- Full-thickness, subQ tissue
- Partial-thickness
- Full-thickness, exposed muscle, bone, etc.
- Non-blanchable erythema
What is stage III
What is stage II
What is stage IV
What is stage I
Where major parts of lymph tissue are located (5)
What is bone marrow, spleen, thymus gland, lymph nodes and tonsils?