20: Soft Tissue Trauma

Question 1

The body system consisting of epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous layers.

Answer 1

Integumentary System

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Contusion

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Erythema

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Hematoma

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Crush Injury

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Crush Syndrome

Question 7

Scraping or abrading away of the superficial layers of the skin; an open soft-tissue injury.

Answer 7

Abrasion

Question 8

An open wound, normally a tear with jagged borders.

Answer 8

Laceration

Question 9

Natural patterns on the surface of the skin revealing tensions within.

Answer 9

Tension Lines

Question 10

Very smooth or surgical laceration, frequently caused by a knife, scalpel, razor blade, or piece of glass.

Answer 10

Incision

Question 11

Specific sift-tissue injury involving a deep, narrow wound to the skin and underlying organs that carries an increased danger of infection.

Answer 11

Puncture

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Avulsion

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Degloving Injury

Question 14

Severance, removal, or detachment either partial or complete, of a body part.

Answer 14

Amputation

Question 15

The body’s natural ability to stop bleeding; the ability to clot blood.

Answer 15

Hemostasis

Question 16

Complex process of local cellular and biochemical changes as a consequence of injury or infection; an early stage of healing.

Answer 16

Inflammation

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Chemotactic Factors

Question 18

White blood cells charged with the primary purpose of neutralizing foreign pathogens.

Answer 18

Granulocytes

Question 19

Immune system cell that has the ability to recognize and ingest foreign pathogens.

Answer 19

Macrophage

Question 20

Process in which a cell surrounds and adsorbs a bacterium or other particle.

Answer 20

Phagocytosis

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Epithelialization

Question 22

New growth of capillaries in response to healing.

Answer 22

Neovascularization

Question 23

Tough, strong protein that comprises most of the body’s connective tissue.

Answer 23

Collagen

Question 24

Specialized cells that form collagen.

Answer 24

Fibroblasts

Question 25

Stage in the wound healing process in which collagen is broken and relaid in an orderly fashion.

Answer 25

Remodeling

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Lymphangitis

Question 27

Deep space infection usually caused by the anaerobic bacterium clostridium perfringens.

Answer 27

Gangrene

Question 28

A cellular component of blood, similar to plasma.

Answer 28

Serous Fluid

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Compartment Syndrome

Question 30

A formation resulting from overproduction of scar tissue.

Answer 30

Keloid

Question 31

Tissue Death usually from ischemia

Answer 31

Necrosis

Question 32

Acute pathologic process that invilves the destruction of skeletal muscle.

Answer 32

Rhabdomyolysis