NURSING SCHOOL 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTION
RATED A+
✔✔apocrine sweat glans - ✔✔activated at puberty producing a thick, milky substance
(water, salts, and fatty acids) secreted through hair follicles; produces body odor when
mixed with bacteria
✔✔hair - ✔✔threads of keratin protein
✔✔vellus hair - ✔✔type of fine hair covering nearly all body parts
✔✔terminal hairs - ✔✔thicker hairs that grow on the scalp, face, genitals, chest, and
axilla
✔✔melanin (produced by melanocytes) - ✔✔coloring pigment of the hair
✔✔provides warmth, provides sensation, and filters particulate - ✔✔functions of hair
✔✔sebum - ✔✔a lipid substance that protects the skin via lubrication, prevents water
loss, secreted through hair follicles
✔✔nails - ✔✔functions as protection of digits
✔✔cuticle - ✔✔present to protect the nail matrix
✔✔lanula - ✔✔area of the nail where new nail is formed (at the proximal end)
✔✔mole - ✔✔nevi
✔✔dryness - ✔✔xerosis
✔✔pruritis - ✔✔itching
✔✔excessive bruising - ✔✔ecchymosis
✔✔hair loss - ✔✔alopecia
✔✔abnormally white skin; results from blood leaving the surface, often to the vital
organs in time of stress - ✔✔pallor
✔✔erythema; results from dilation of the capillaries - ✔✔redness
✔✔cyanosis - ✔✔blueish color resulting from ischemia
,✔✔albinism - ✔✔inherited lack of melanin in the skin or hair
✔✔vitiligo - ✔✔acquired loss of melanin; patients may have scattered, white patches on
skin such as Michael Jackson
✔✔sweating - ✔✔diaphoresis
✔✔mild pitting: 1+
moderate pitting: 2+
severe pitting: 3+
very severe pitting: 4+ - ✔✔edema scale
✔✔drainage - ✔✔exudate
✔✔senile lentigo - ✔✔liver spots/sun spots that are clusters of melanocytes resulting
from excess sun exposure
✔✔Seborrheic keratosis - ✔✔raised lesions on the trunk, face, and hands-thickened
areas of pigmentation and appear crusty, warty, or scaly
✔✔macule - ✔✔
✔✔papule - ✔✔
✔✔nodule - ✔✔
✔✔wheal - ✔✔
✔✔vesicle - ✔✔
✔✔cyst - ✔✔
✔✔pustule - ✔✔
✔✔crust - ✔✔
✔✔scale - ✔✔
✔✔fissure - ✔✔
✔✔erosion - ✔✔
, ✔✔ulcer - ✔✔
✔✔excoriation - ✔✔
✔✔scar - ✔✔
✔✔atrophic scar - ✔✔
✔✔lichenification - ✔✔
✔✔keloid - ✔✔
✔✔coronal cranial suture - ✔✔ear to ear suture of the skull
✔✔sagittal suture - ✔✔suture lengthwise between two parietal bones
✔✔lambdoid suture - ✔✔suture at the back of the head between parietal bones
✔✔sternocleidomastoid muscle - ✔✔muscle that rotates and flexes head
✔✔trapezius muscle - ✔✔muscle that moves shoulders and turns head
✔✔posterior triangle - ✔✔location of the posterior neck lymph nodes
✔✔anterior triangle - ✔✔location of the anterior neck lymph nodes
✔✔T3 and T4 - ✔✔hormones that regulate cellular metabolism
✔✔filters pathogens and other harmful substances - ✔✔function of lymphatic system
✔✔tension headache - ✔✔headache where pain is anterior/frontal or posterior/occipital
✔✔cluster headache - ✔✔headache with pain in temple, forehead, cheek; pain is
always unilateral and lasts 45-90 minutes and may be recurrent throughout the day
✔✔goiter - ✔✔non-cancerous enlargement of thyroid
✔✔Grave's disease - ✔✔hyperthyroidism when the thyroid releases too much thyroid
hormone
✔✔exopthalmos - ✔✔bulging of the eyes-very common in Grave's disease
✔✔enophthalmos - ✔✔depression/sinking of the eyes
RATED A+
✔✔apocrine sweat glans - ✔✔activated at puberty producing a thick, milky substance
(water, salts, and fatty acids) secreted through hair follicles; produces body odor when
mixed with bacteria
✔✔hair - ✔✔threads of keratin protein
✔✔vellus hair - ✔✔type of fine hair covering nearly all body parts
✔✔terminal hairs - ✔✔thicker hairs that grow on the scalp, face, genitals, chest, and
axilla
✔✔melanin (produced by melanocytes) - ✔✔coloring pigment of the hair
✔✔provides warmth, provides sensation, and filters particulate - ✔✔functions of hair
✔✔sebum - ✔✔a lipid substance that protects the skin via lubrication, prevents water
loss, secreted through hair follicles
✔✔nails - ✔✔functions as protection of digits
✔✔cuticle - ✔✔present to protect the nail matrix
✔✔lanula - ✔✔area of the nail where new nail is formed (at the proximal end)
✔✔mole - ✔✔nevi
✔✔dryness - ✔✔xerosis
✔✔pruritis - ✔✔itching
✔✔excessive bruising - ✔✔ecchymosis
✔✔hair loss - ✔✔alopecia
✔✔abnormally white skin; results from blood leaving the surface, often to the vital
organs in time of stress - ✔✔pallor
✔✔erythema; results from dilation of the capillaries - ✔✔redness
✔✔cyanosis - ✔✔blueish color resulting from ischemia
,✔✔albinism - ✔✔inherited lack of melanin in the skin or hair
✔✔vitiligo - ✔✔acquired loss of melanin; patients may have scattered, white patches on
skin such as Michael Jackson
✔✔sweating - ✔✔diaphoresis
✔✔mild pitting: 1+
moderate pitting: 2+
severe pitting: 3+
very severe pitting: 4+ - ✔✔edema scale
✔✔drainage - ✔✔exudate
✔✔senile lentigo - ✔✔liver spots/sun spots that are clusters of melanocytes resulting
from excess sun exposure
✔✔Seborrheic keratosis - ✔✔raised lesions on the trunk, face, and hands-thickened
areas of pigmentation and appear crusty, warty, or scaly
✔✔macule - ✔✔
✔✔papule - ✔✔
✔✔nodule - ✔✔
✔✔wheal - ✔✔
✔✔vesicle - ✔✔
✔✔cyst - ✔✔
✔✔pustule - ✔✔
✔✔crust - ✔✔
✔✔scale - ✔✔
✔✔fissure - ✔✔
✔✔erosion - ✔✔
, ✔✔ulcer - ✔✔
✔✔excoriation - ✔✔
✔✔scar - ✔✔
✔✔atrophic scar - ✔✔
✔✔lichenification - ✔✔
✔✔keloid - ✔✔
✔✔coronal cranial suture - ✔✔ear to ear suture of the skull
✔✔sagittal suture - ✔✔suture lengthwise between two parietal bones
✔✔lambdoid suture - ✔✔suture at the back of the head between parietal bones
✔✔sternocleidomastoid muscle - ✔✔muscle that rotates and flexes head
✔✔trapezius muscle - ✔✔muscle that moves shoulders and turns head
✔✔posterior triangle - ✔✔location of the posterior neck lymph nodes
✔✔anterior triangle - ✔✔location of the anterior neck lymph nodes
✔✔T3 and T4 - ✔✔hormones that regulate cellular metabolism
✔✔filters pathogens and other harmful substances - ✔✔function of lymphatic system
✔✔tension headache - ✔✔headache where pain is anterior/frontal or posterior/occipital
✔✔cluster headache - ✔✔headache with pain in temple, forehead, cheek; pain is
always unilateral and lasts 45-90 minutes and may be recurrent throughout the day
✔✔goiter - ✔✔non-cancerous enlargement of thyroid
✔✔Grave's disease - ✔✔hyperthyroidism when the thyroid releases too much thyroid
hormone
✔✔exopthalmos - ✔✔bulging of the eyes-very common in Grave's disease
✔✔enophthalmos - ✔✔depression/sinking of the eyes
