A student is learning about cutaneous skin reactions. Which description is correct?
A.
Blistering: heat-related
B.
Exanthema: an eruption
C.
Pustular: contagious
D.
Urticarial: round patches
ANS: B
An examthema is an eruption. Blistering is swelling. Pustular is raised and filled with white blood cells. Urticarial is itching.
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