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2023-2024 NURS507 Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide Review With Answers (219 Solved Questions)

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    NURS 507 Exam 3: Study Guide Review Questions (219 Terms) with Verified Answers 2023 - 2024. What is the function of the integumentary system? - Correct Answer: protection from external environment, temperature regulation, fluid and electrolyte balance, sensation, absorption, excretion and synthesis of vitamin D what are the two types of sweat glands? - Correct Answer: eccrine and apocrine eccrine sweat glands - Correct Answer: respond primarily to elevated body temperature apocrine glands - Correct Answer: Sweat glands in the pubic and underarm areas that secre te thicker sweat, that produce odor when come in contact with bacteria on the skin layers of the skin - Correct Answer: epidermis, dermis, subcutaneous What are the integumentary variations of infants? - Correct Answer: physiological jaundice, birthmarks , mottling

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    physiological jaundice - Correct Answer: a yellowish tinge to the skin of the newborn seen in the first 48 - 72 hours after birth What are the integumentary variations of adolescents? - Correct Answer: acne, sexual development What are the inte gumentary variations of pregnant women? - Correct Answer: striae, cholasma, linea negra, vascular spiders cholasma - Correct Answer: pigmentary skin discoloration usually occurring in yellowish brown patches or spots What are the integumentary variation in menopausal women? - Correct Answer: increased facial hair, hot flashes, and hair loss What are the integumentary variations of older adults? - Correct Answer: skin becomes thin and dry, nails thicken

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    pallor - Correct Answer: Extreme or unnatural palen ess jaundice - Correct Answer: yellowing of the skin erythema - Correct Answer: redness of the skin mottling - Correct Answer: condition of spotting with patches of color cyanosis - Correct Answer: bluish discoloration of the skin ecchymotic - Correct Answer: bruised excoriation - Correct Answer: Skin sore or abrasion produced by scratching or scraping What are the four T's of palpation used during a physical assessment of the skin? - Correct Answer: temperature (back of hand), turgor (sternum ), texture (indurated or fluctuant), tenderness

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    indurated skin - Correct Answer: hardened skin fluctuant skin - Correct Answer: mushy or boggy Primary skin lesion - Correct Answer: physical changes in the skin considered to be caused directly by the dis ease process macule - Correct Answer: flat, colored spot on the skin <1 cm patch - Correct Answer: larger, flat lesion, not palpable >1cm papule - Correct Answer: elevated palpable lesion <1cm plaque - Correct Answer: larger, palpable lesion >1cm pust ule - Correct Answer: pus - filled lesion vesicle - Correct Answer: fluid - filled lesion

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    bulla - Correct Answer: large fluid - filled lesion nodule - Correct Answer: elevated, solid lesion wheal - Correct Answer: firm, edematous, plaque Secondary skin lesions - Correct Answer: may evolve from primary lesions, or may be caused by external forces such as scratching, trauma, infection, or the healing process scales - Correct Answer: excess dead epidermal cells that are produced by abnormal keratinization and shedding crusts - Correct Answer: dried serum and cellular debris (scab) erosions/excoriations - Correct Answer: focal loss of epidermis ulcers - Correct Answer: focal loss of epidermis and dermis

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    fissure - Correct Answer: linear los s of epidermis and dermis with sharp borders atrophy of the skin - Correct Answer: depression in the skin from thinning scar - Correct Answer: abnormal formation of connective tissue keloid - Correct Answer: overgrowth of scar tissue hypertrophic scar - Correct Answer: Excess production of scar tissue that is localized to the wound lichenification - Correct Answer: thickening of the skin annular - Correct Answer: ring - shaped confluent - Correct Answer: skin lesions that run together

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    gyrate - Correct Answer: ring - spiral shaped iris lesions - Correct Answer: concentric rings; "bull's eyes" nummular/discoid - Correct Answer: coin shaped polymorphous - Correct Answer: occuring in several forms serpiginous - Correct Answer: snake - like zosteriform - Correct Answer: linear shape of skin lesion along a nerve route reticular - Correct Answer: net - like intertriginous area - Correct Answer: an area where two skin areas may touch or rub together

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    seborrheic dermati tis - Correct Answer: an inflammation that causes scaling and itching of the upper layers of the skin or scalp basal cell carcinoma - Correct Answer: Most common and least severe type of skin cancer; often characterized by light or pearly nodules. squam ous cell carcinoma - Correct Answer: malignant tumor of the squamous epithelial cells in the epidermis melanoma - Correct Answer: The most serious form of skin cancer, black tumor What are the ABCDE's for the assessment of melanoma? - Correct Answer: a - asymmetry b - border c - color d - diameter e - evolving

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    what can cause pale nail plates? - Correct Answer: anemia what can cause greenish - black nail plates? - Correct Answer: fungal or bac terial infection what can cause yellow nail plates? - Correct Answer: cigarette smoking, nail polish use, psoriasis, or respiratory problems what can cause pitted nail plates - Correct Answer: psoriasis hirutism - Correct Answer: excessive hair growth Cafe au lait spots - Correct Answer: Smooth edged tan - to - brown pigmentations on the skin seen in NF1 urticaria - Correct Answer: hives psoriasis - Correct Answer: chronic skin condition producing red lesions covered with silvery scales

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