Secondary Skin Lesions

______ are characterized by piles of material on the skin surface, such as a crust or a scab or by depressions in the skin surface, such as an ulcer.

• Bulla

• Lesions

• Secondary Skin Lesions

• Primary Skin Lesions

A ______ is dead cells that form over a wound or blemish while healing; accumulation of sebum and pus.

• crust

• fissure

• ulcer

• cyst

____ is a skin sore an abrasion produced by scratching or scraping.

• Scale

• Keloid

• Excoriation

• Fissure

A _____ is a crack in skin penetration into the dermis.

• keloid

• scale

• scar

• fissure

A _____ is a thick scar resulting from excessive growth of fibrous tissue.

• tumor

• keloid

• scar

• ulcer

A _____ is a thin, dry, or oily plate of epidermal flakes.

• fissure

• crust

• ulcer

• scale

A ______ or _____ is a slightly raised mark on the skin formed after an injury or lesion of the skin has healed.

• scar/cicatrix

• scale/crust

An ______ us an open lesion on the skin or mucous membrane of the body; accompanied by loss of skin death and possibly weeping of fluids or pus.

• ulcer

• pus

• pustule

• papule

Also, known as an open comedo

• blackhead

• whitehead

• pustule

• papule

_____ is a benign, keratin-filled cysts that appear just under the epidermis and have no visible opening.

• closed comedone

• open comedone

• milia

• acne