HSCO 506 EXAM 1 COMPLETE QUESTION
BANK AND ANSWER KEY 2026
◉ Mole assessment: Answer: A = asymmetry
B = irregular borders
C = change in color
D = diameter >/= 6mm
E = evolving
◉ Inspect and palpate hair (including body hair) for: Answer: Color,
quantity, distribution, texture, lesions, flaking, parasites
◉ Alopecia: Answer: Loss of hair in patches
◉ Trichotillomania: Answer: Associated with OCD; when people are
stressed, they pull out hair
◉ Tinea Capititis: Answer: Ringworm can occur in the scalp
◉ Inspect and palpate the nails for: Answer: Color, shape, lesions,
rounded in shape with a 160 degree angle (profile sign = clubbing)
,◉ Paronychia: Answer: Infection along the side of fingernails,
usually from picking at the nail
◉ Oncholysis: Answer: Occurs on toes or fingers; discoloration of
the nail; fungal infection
◉ Pitting: Answer: Usually occurs from a nutritional deficiency,
cirrhoses
◉ Beau lines: Answer: Occurs from trauma to nail plate causing a
dent; eventually grows out and disappears
◉ Clubbing Answer: Fingernails are wider; nails are rounded; sign of
heart failure
◉ Primary lesions: Answer: Occur with onset of disease
◉ Macules: Answer: Ex. freckles; flat, change in the color of the skin;
if > 1 inch = patch, Ex. cafe au lait spot;
◉ Palpules (palpules are palpable): Answer: Solid, raised lesion w/
distinct borders that is less than 1 cm in diameter; variety of shapes
,◉ Plaques: Answer: Raised, solid and flat topped; greater than 1 cm
in diameter; Ex. cirrhoses
◉ Nodules: Answer: Solid, raised lesion that is half a cm; can be
epidermis, dermis, and sub-q tissue; Ex. basal cell carcinoma
◉ Wheals: Answer: Raised area of edema in the upper epidermis; Ex.
hives
◉ Vesicles: Answer: Raised lesions less than 1 cm in diameter and
filled w/ fluid; Ex. hand, foot, and mouth disease OR blister
◉ Bullae: Answer: Raised lesions larger than 1 cm in diameter and
filled w/ fluid
◉ Pustules: Answer: Elevated lesions that contain pus (infectious
material)
◉ Burrows: Answer: Linear lesions caused by infestation of mites
that makes tunnels under the skin; Ex. scabies or other larvae under
the skin
, ◉ Telangiectasia: Answer: Permeant dilation of the superficial blood
vessels in the skin; can be random; broken blood vessels; secondary
lesions; blanchable
◉ Secondary lesions: Answer: Results from changes over time
caused by disease or treatment for disease (scratching, picking,
rubbing)
◉ Crust: Answer: Results from pus/exudate on the skin that dries
and hardens which dries out the surrounding skin
◉ Scale: Answer: Flakes/plates of dead skin fall from an acute injury
to the skin; sometimes seen in cirrhoses
◉ Fissure: Answer: A linear cleavage of the skin that goes into the
dermis; common at the corners of your mouth
◉ Erosion: Answer: Slightly depressed area of skin, where all the top
layers of the epidermis is lost; usually from burns
◉ Ulceration: Answer: Necrosis of the epidermis, dermis, and
sometimes the subcutaneous tissue
BANK AND ANSWER KEY 2026
◉ Mole assessment: Answer: A = asymmetry
B = irregular borders
C = change in color
D = diameter >/= 6mm
E = evolving
◉ Inspect and palpate hair (including body hair) for: Answer: Color,
quantity, distribution, texture, lesions, flaking, parasites
◉ Alopecia: Answer: Loss of hair in patches
◉ Trichotillomania: Answer: Associated with OCD; when people are
stressed, they pull out hair
◉ Tinea Capititis: Answer: Ringworm can occur in the scalp
◉ Inspect and palpate the nails for: Answer: Color, shape, lesions,
rounded in shape with a 160 degree angle (profile sign = clubbing)
,◉ Paronychia: Answer: Infection along the side of fingernails,
usually from picking at the nail
◉ Oncholysis: Answer: Occurs on toes or fingers; discoloration of
the nail; fungal infection
◉ Pitting: Answer: Usually occurs from a nutritional deficiency,
cirrhoses
◉ Beau lines: Answer: Occurs from trauma to nail plate causing a
dent; eventually grows out and disappears
◉ Clubbing Answer: Fingernails are wider; nails are rounded; sign of
heart failure
◉ Primary lesions: Answer: Occur with onset of disease
◉ Macules: Answer: Ex. freckles; flat, change in the color of the skin;
if > 1 inch = patch, Ex. cafe au lait spot;
◉ Palpules (palpules are palpable): Answer: Solid, raised lesion w/
distinct borders that is less than 1 cm in diameter; variety of shapes
,◉ Plaques: Answer: Raised, solid and flat topped; greater than 1 cm
in diameter; Ex. cirrhoses
◉ Nodules: Answer: Solid, raised lesion that is half a cm; can be
epidermis, dermis, and sub-q tissue; Ex. basal cell carcinoma
◉ Wheals: Answer: Raised area of edema in the upper epidermis; Ex.
hives
◉ Vesicles: Answer: Raised lesions less than 1 cm in diameter and
filled w/ fluid; Ex. hand, foot, and mouth disease OR blister
◉ Bullae: Answer: Raised lesions larger than 1 cm in diameter and
filled w/ fluid
◉ Pustules: Answer: Elevated lesions that contain pus (infectious
material)
◉ Burrows: Answer: Linear lesions caused by infestation of mites
that makes tunnels under the skin; Ex. scabies or other larvae under
the skin
, ◉ Telangiectasia: Answer: Permeant dilation of the superficial blood
vessels in the skin; can be random; broken blood vessels; secondary
lesions; blanchable
◉ Secondary lesions: Answer: Results from changes over time
caused by disease or treatment for disease (scratching, picking,
rubbing)
◉ Crust: Answer: Results from pus/exudate on the skin that dries
and hardens which dries out the surrounding skin
◉ Scale: Answer: Flakes/plates of dead skin fall from an acute injury
to the skin; sometimes seen in cirrhoses
◉ Fissure: Answer: A linear cleavage of the skin that goes into the
dermis; common at the corners of your mouth
◉ Erosion: Answer: Slightly depressed area of skin, where all the top
layers of the epidermis is lost; usually from burns
◉ Ulceration: Answer: Necrosis of the epidermis, dermis, and
sometimes the subcutaneous tissue
