WEB WOC SEMINARS UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Epidermal Cells: Keratinocytes
Answer: Produce keratin, make of 80% of the epidermis
●● Epidermal Cells: Melanocytes
Answer: Determine the color of the skin
●● Epidermal Cells: Langerhans Cells
Answer: Assist with skin immune system
●● Epidermal Cells: Merkel Cells
Answer: Provide tactile reception, produce nerve growth factor
●● Rete Ridges/Pegs
Answer: Fingerlike extensions that anchor the epidermis to the dermis
●● Skin pH
Answer: 4.5-6.5
,●● Dermal proteins
Answer: Collagen and Elastin
●● Dermal Cells: Fibroblasts
Answer: Produce collagen and other proteins
●● Dermal Cells: Mast cells, Macrophages, & Lymphocytes
Answer: Cells involved in immune surveillance
●● Dermal appendages
Answer: Hair follicles, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, nails
●● Emollients
Answer: soften skin an provide lipids (i.e. silicone, dimethicone, lanolin,
ceramide
●● Humectants
Answer: add water to skin (i.e. urea, lactic acid, glycerin)
●● Moisture Associated Skin Damage (MASD)
Answer: inflammation and erosion of the skin caused by prolonged
exposure to various sources of moisture
, ●● Intertriginous Dermatitis (ITD)
Answer: a type of MASD, inflammation and skin erosion involving
body folds and friction of skin to skin
●● Peristomal MASD (PMASD)
Answer: Inflammation and denudation of the peristomal skin associated
with effluent exposure such as urine or stool
●● Periwound MASD (PWMASD)
Answer: inflammation and erosion of the skin around a chronic wound
associated with sustained contact of wound exudate
●● Incontinence Associated Dermatitis (IAD)
Answer: a type of MASD, inflammation caused by the prolonged
exposure to urine, feces, or dual incontinence
●● Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (MARSI)
Answer: erythema (or other manifestation) of cutaneous abnormality
that persists 30 minutes of more after removal of adhesive dressing or
tape, types: maceration, mechanical trauma (i.e. skin tear), tension
blister, folliculitis
●● What is the key indicator of undernutrition?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● Epidermal Cells: Keratinocytes
Answer: Produce keratin, make of 80% of the epidermis
●● Epidermal Cells: Melanocytes
Answer: Determine the color of the skin
●● Epidermal Cells: Langerhans Cells
Answer: Assist with skin immune system
●● Epidermal Cells: Merkel Cells
Answer: Provide tactile reception, produce nerve growth factor
●● Rete Ridges/Pegs
Answer: Fingerlike extensions that anchor the epidermis to the dermis
●● Skin pH
Answer: 4.5-6.5
,●● Dermal proteins
Answer: Collagen and Elastin
●● Dermal Cells: Fibroblasts
Answer: Produce collagen and other proteins
●● Dermal Cells: Mast cells, Macrophages, & Lymphocytes
Answer: Cells involved in immune surveillance
●● Dermal appendages
Answer: Hair follicles, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, nails
●● Emollients
Answer: soften skin an provide lipids (i.e. silicone, dimethicone, lanolin,
ceramide
●● Humectants
Answer: add water to skin (i.e. urea, lactic acid, glycerin)
●● Moisture Associated Skin Damage (MASD)
Answer: inflammation and erosion of the skin caused by prolonged
exposure to various sources of moisture
, ●● Intertriginous Dermatitis (ITD)
Answer: a type of MASD, inflammation and skin erosion involving
body folds and friction of skin to skin
●● Peristomal MASD (PMASD)
Answer: Inflammation and denudation of the peristomal skin associated
with effluent exposure such as urine or stool
●● Periwound MASD (PWMASD)
Answer: inflammation and erosion of the skin around a chronic wound
associated with sustained contact of wound exudate
●● Incontinence Associated Dermatitis (IAD)
Answer: a type of MASD, inflammation caused by the prolonged
exposure to urine, feces, or dual incontinence
●● Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (MARSI)
Answer: erythema (or other manifestation) of cutaneous abnormality
that persists 30 minutes of more after removal of adhesive dressing or
tape, types: maceration, mechanical trauma (i.e. skin tear), tension
blister, folliculitis
●● What is the key indicator of undernutrition?
