NCOI Integumentary Exam Questions with Verified Answers (Correct
Update)
Question 1: What is the function of the integumentary system?
Answer: protection, temperature regulation, secretions, sensory function, vitamin D synthesis
Question 2: What is wound healing by primary intention?
Answer: the edges of the wound are closed using sutures, staples, etc
Question 3: What is wound healing by secondary intention?
Answer: wound is too large to close, so it is left open to heal by granulation **trauma wounds,
ulcerations, large tissue loss
Question 4: What is wound healing by tertiary intention?
Answer: the wound is intentionally left open due to inflammation or infection and is closed at a later
date
Question 5: What is a pressure injury?
Answer: localized injury to the skin and underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence
Question 6: What risk factors for developing a pressure injury?
Answer: impaired nutrition, reduced sensation, excess moisture, immobility, friction and shear forces,
diabetes, impaired circulation, incontinence
Question 7: What is a stage one pressure injury?
Answer: nonblanchable erythema of intact skin
Question 8: What is a stage two pressure injury?
Answer: partial thickness loss with exposed epidermis and dermis, may present as a serous filled
blister
Question 9: what is a stage three pressure injury?
Answer: full thickness loss with damage that extends to the subcutaneous tissue **muscle and bone
are NOT viable **tunneling or undermining may be present
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Update)
Question 1: What is the function of the integumentary system?
Answer: protection, temperature regulation, secretions, sensory function, vitamin D synthesis
Question 2: What is wound healing by primary intention?
Answer: the edges of the wound are closed using sutures, staples, etc
Question 3: What is wound healing by secondary intention?
Answer: wound is too large to close, so it is left open to heal by granulation **trauma wounds,
ulcerations, large tissue loss
Question 4: What is wound healing by tertiary intention?
Answer: the wound is intentionally left open due to inflammation or infection and is closed at a later
date
Question 5: What is a pressure injury?
Answer: localized injury to the skin and underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence
Question 6: What risk factors for developing a pressure injury?
Answer: impaired nutrition, reduced sensation, excess moisture, immobility, friction and shear forces,
diabetes, impaired circulation, incontinence
Question 7: What is a stage one pressure injury?
Answer: nonblanchable erythema of intact skin
Question 8: What is a stage two pressure injury?
Answer: partial thickness loss with exposed epidermis and dermis, may present as a serous filled
blister
Question 9: what is a stage three pressure injury?
Answer: full thickness loss with damage that extends to the subcutaneous tissue **muscle and bone
are NOT viable **tunneling or undermining may be present
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