Chapter 20: Vocabulary

Question 1

Contusion

Answer 1

Closed wound in which the skin is unbroken, although damage has occurred to the tissue immediately beneath

Question 2

Erythema

Answer 2

General reddening of the skin due to dilation of the superficial capillaries

Question 3

Ecchymosis

Answer 3

Blue-black discoloration of the skin due to leakage of blood into the tissues

Question 4

Hematoma

Answer 4

Collection of blood beneath the skin or trapped within a body compartment

Question 5

Crush injury

Answer 5

Mechanism of injury in which tissue is locally compressed by high pressure forces

Question 6

Crush syndrome

Answer 6

Systemic disorder of severe metabolic disturbances resulting from the crutch of a limb or other body part.

Question 7

Tension line

Answer 7

Natural pattern in the surface of the skin revealing tension within

Question 8

Avuolsion

Answer 8

Forceful tearing away or separation of body tissue; an avulsion may be partial of complete

Question 9

Degloving injury

Answer 9

Avulsion in which the machoism of injury tears the skin off the underlying muscle, tissue, blood vessels, and bone

Question 10

Chemotactic Factors

Answer 10

Chemicals released by whit blood cels that attract more white blood cells to an area of inflammation

Question 11

Granulocytes

Answer 11

White blood cells charged with the primary purpose of neutralizing foreign bacteria

Question 12

Epithelialization

Answer 12

Early stage of wound healing in which epithelial cells migrate over the surface of the wound

Question 13

Neovascularization

Answer 13

New growth of capillaries in response to healing

Question 14

Collagen

Answer 14

Tough stron protein that comprises most of the body’s connective tissue

Question 15

Fibroblasts

Answer 15

Specialized cells that form collagen

Question 16

Remodeling

Answer 16

Stage in wound healing in which collagen is broken dan and relaid in an orderly fashion

Question 17

Lymphagitis

Answer 17

Inflammation of the lymph channels, usually as a result of distal infection

Question 18

Gangrene

Answer 18

Deep space infection usually caused by anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfingens

Question 19

Serous fluid

Answer 19

A cellulare componente of blood, similar to plasma

Question 20

Compartment syndrome

Answer 20

Muscle ischemia that is caused by rising pressures within an anatomical fascial space

Question 21

Keloid

Answer 21

A formation resulting from overproduction not scar tissue

Question 22

Rhabdomyolysis

Answer 22

Acute pathological process that involves the destruction of skeletal muscle