Skin "Issues" review

Match the following age related changes to their cause.

• reduced melanin production in matrix

• wrinkles, sagging skin

• reduced production of/ distribution of melanin in epidermis

• age spots/sun sensitivity

• reduced sebum production

• issues regulating body temp

• breakage in/reduced number of collagen/elastic fibers

• dry skin, dry hair

• 1. reduced subQ

  2. reduced blood flow in dermis

  3. sweat gland activity unreliable

• gray/white hair

Match the description to the letter of the ABCDE rule.

• larger than pencil eraser

• C

• edges of nevus are not smooth

• B

• more than one color or color changes within nevus

• D

• nevus has changed in appearance over time

• E

• 2 halves of the nevus do not match in shape

• A

Reorder the following stages of wound healing

• new epidermis covers over "patch" of scar tissue in dermis

• blood clot inside wound is gradually replaced with new growth

• fibroblasts an stem cells of stratum basale work to repair damage

• blood clots in wound and dries to form a scab

• inflammatory response calls for immune cells to invade damaged area

A ____ degree burn is damage to the epidermis only. (Write out answer fully... no numbers).

A ____ degree burn is damage to the epidermis AND part of the dermis. (Write out answer fully... no numbers).

A ____ degree burn is damage to the entire thickness of the cutaneous membrane. (Write out answer fully... no numbers).

Blisters are a likely symptom of a ____ degree burn. (write out answer fully, no numbers)

The ABCDE rule is used to detect what kind of skin cancer?

• any kind

• squamous cell carcinoma

• basal cell carcinoma

• melanoma

Match the following vocabulary words to their definitions

• the term for spreading of cancer to another location in the body

• carcinogen

• an estimation tool for how much of the body is involved in a burn injury

• metastasis

• a cancer causing substance

• nevus

• any melanin-pigmented marking on the skin

• rule of nines