CHIMA NCE FINAL REVIEW - SKIN
AND INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Pustule - ....ANSWER ...-Filled with cloudy or purulent material
Vesicle - ....ANSWER ...-Clear fluid, less than 0.5 cm, superficial
Bulla - ....ANSWER ...-More than 0.5cm, superficial, clear fluid
Cyst - ....ANSWER ...-Fluid filled sac, liquid or semi-solid material, deep
Scale - ....ANSWER ...-Thickened layer of outer skin, dry, white colored
Crust - ....ANSWER ...-Liquid debris, dried on the skins surface
Plaque - ....ANSWER ...-Plateau like, elevated, larger than 0.5 cm, covered in scales
Comedo - ....ANSWER ...-Lesion of acne
Nodule - ....ANSWER ...-marble-like, solid lesion more than 1 cm wide and deep
Papule - ....ANSWER ...-small, solid, raised lesion on surface of the skin
Macule - ....ANSWER ...-flat skin lesion with only a color change (white, brown or red)
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, Burrow - ....ANSWER ...-a tunnel or streak caused by a burrowing organism
Ulcer - ....ANSWER ...-open sore or lesion in the skin or mucous membrane
Fissure - ....ANSWER ...-an opening; a groove; a split
Erosion - ....ANSWER ...-Wide but shallow fissure
Seborric dermatitis - ....ANSWER ...--Inflammatory condition of sebaceous glands (Cradle
cap in infants)
-Idopathic, hereditary and stress can be factors
-Low dose HC
contact dermatitis - ....ANSWER ...-An inflammation of the skin caused by having contact
with certain chemicals or substances;
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) - ....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) - ....ANSWER ...-acute allergic reaction in which red, round wheals develop
on the skin.
Psoriasis - ....ANSWER ...-chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with
silvery scales. unknown cause.
herpes zoster - ....ANSWER ...-an acute viral infection characterized by painful skin
eruptions that follow the underlying route of an inflamed nerve. Does not cross the midline
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AND INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Pustule - ....ANSWER ...-Filled with cloudy or purulent material
Vesicle - ....ANSWER ...-Clear fluid, less than 0.5 cm, superficial
Bulla - ....ANSWER ...-More than 0.5cm, superficial, clear fluid
Cyst - ....ANSWER ...-Fluid filled sac, liquid or semi-solid material, deep
Scale - ....ANSWER ...-Thickened layer of outer skin, dry, white colored
Crust - ....ANSWER ...-Liquid debris, dried on the skins surface
Plaque - ....ANSWER ...-Plateau like, elevated, larger than 0.5 cm, covered in scales
Comedo - ....ANSWER ...-Lesion of acne
Nodule - ....ANSWER ...-marble-like, solid lesion more than 1 cm wide and deep
Papule - ....ANSWER ...-small, solid, raised lesion on surface of the skin
Macule - ....ANSWER ...-flat skin lesion with only a color change (white, brown or red)
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, Burrow - ....ANSWER ...-a tunnel or streak caused by a burrowing organism
Ulcer - ....ANSWER ...-open sore or lesion in the skin or mucous membrane
Fissure - ....ANSWER ...-an opening; a groove; a split
Erosion - ....ANSWER ...-Wide but shallow fissure
Seborric dermatitis - ....ANSWER ...--Inflammatory condition of sebaceous glands (Cradle
cap in infants)
-Idopathic, hereditary and stress can be factors
-Low dose HC
contact dermatitis - ....ANSWER ...-An inflammation of the skin caused by having contact
with certain chemicals or substances;
Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema) - ....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) - ....ANSWER ...-acute allergic reaction in which red, round wheals develop
on the skin.
Psoriasis - ....ANSWER ...-chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with
silvery scales. unknown cause.
herpes zoster - ....ANSWER ...-an acute viral infection characterized by painful skin
eruptions that follow the underlying route of an inflamed nerve. Does not cross the midline
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