irregular shaped, exudative, depressed lesion in which entire epidermis and all or part of dermis are lost, results from trauma and tissue destruction (pressure ulcer)
polymorphic
existing in many forms
periungual
under the nail bed
fissure
deep linear split through epidermis into dermis tinea pedis
verruca
leasion with surface roughness , wart
circinate
circular
inspection and palpation
hair and scalp, nails- color and shape, texture, integrity, thickness/ skin-color, moisture, temp, tex, turgor, edema, tender, odor,
extrinsic factors
lesions outside trigeminal root and include mechanical compression by tumors, vascular anomalies , dental abscesses or jaw malformation.
scale
dried fragments of sloughed epidermal cells, irregular in shape and size and white,tan, yellow or silver in color, (dandruff, dry skin or psoriasis)
