CHIMA NCE Final Review - Skin and
Integumentary System UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Pustule - CORRECT ANSWER - Filled with cloudy or purulent material
Vesicle - CORRECT ANSWER - Clear fluid, less than 0.5 cm, superficial
Bulla - CORRECT ANSWER - More than 0.5cm, superficial, clear fluid
Cyst - CORRECT ANSWER - Fluid filled sac, liquid or semi-solid material, deep
Scale - CORRECT ANSWER - Thickened layer of outer skin, dry, white colored
Crust - CORRECT ANSWER - Liquid debris, dried on the skins surface
Plaque - CORRECT ANSWER - Plateau like, elevated, larger than 0.5 cm, covered in
scales
Comedo - CORRECT ANSWER - Lesion of acne
Nodule - CORRECT ANSWER - marble-like, solid lesion more than 1 cm wide and deep
Papule - CORRECT ANSWER - small, solid, raised lesion on surface of the skin
Macule - CORRECT ANSWER - flat skin lesion with only a color change (white, brown
or red)
, Burrow - CORRECT ANSWER - a tunnel or streak caused by a burrowing organism
Ulcer - CORRECT ANSWER - open sore or lesion in the skin or mucous membrane
Fissure - CORRECT ANSWER - an opening; a groove; a split
Erosion - CORRECT ANSWER - Wide but shallow fissure
Seborric dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWER - -Inflammatory condition of sebaceous glands
(Cradle cap in infants)
-Idopathic, hereditary and stress can be factors
-Low dose HC
contact dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWER - An inflammation of the skin caused by having
contact with certain chemicals or substances;
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) - CORRECT ANSWER - chronic inflammation of the skin;
rash occurs in face, neck , elbows, knees, and upper trunk of the body along with itching.
Triggered by stress anxiety and climate
uticaria (hives) - CORRECT ANSWER - acute allergic reaction in which red, round
wheals develop on the skin.
Psoriasis - CORRECT ANSWER - chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered
with silvery scales. unknown cause.
herpes zoster - CORRECT ANSWER - an acute viral infection characterized by painful
skin eruptions that follow the underlying route of an inflamed nerve. Does not cross the midline
Integumentary System UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Pustule - CORRECT ANSWER - Filled with cloudy or purulent material
Vesicle - CORRECT ANSWER - Clear fluid, less than 0.5 cm, superficial
Bulla - CORRECT ANSWER - More than 0.5cm, superficial, clear fluid
Cyst - CORRECT ANSWER - Fluid filled sac, liquid or semi-solid material, deep
Scale - CORRECT ANSWER - Thickened layer of outer skin, dry, white colored
Crust - CORRECT ANSWER - Liquid debris, dried on the skins surface
Plaque - CORRECT ANSWER - Plateau like, elevated, larger than 0.5 cm, covered in
scales
Comedo - CORRECT ANSWER - Lesion of acne
Nodule - CORRECT ANSWER - marble-like, solid lesion more than 1 cm wide and deep
Papule - CORRECT ANSWER - small, solid, raised lesion on surface of the skin
Macule - CORRECT ANSWER - flat skin lesion with only a color change (white, brown
or red)
, Burrow - CORRECT ANSWER - a tunnel or streak caused by a burrowing organism
Ulcer - CORRECT ANSWER - open sore or lesion in the skin or mucous membrane
Fissure - CORRECT ANSWER - an opening; a groove; a split
Erosion - CORRECT ANSWER - Wide but shallow fissure
Seborric dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWER - -Inflammatory condition of sebaceous glands
(Cradle cap in infants)
-Idopathic, hereditary and stress can be factors
-Low dose HC
contact dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWER - An inflammation of the skin caused by having
contact with certain chemicals or substances;
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) - CORRECT ANSWER - chronic inflammation of the skin;
rash occurs in face, neck , elbows, knees, and upper trunk of the body along with itching.
Triggered by stress anxiety and climate
uticaria (hives) - CORRECT ANSWER - acute allergic reaction in which red, round
wheals develop on the skin.
Psoriasis - CORRECT ANSWER - chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered
with silvery scales. unknown cause.
herpes zoster - CORRECT ANSWER - an acute viral infection characterized by painful
skin eruptions that follow the underlying route of an inflamed nerve. Does not cross the midline
