9. Inflammation and Dysfunctional Wound Healing

Question 1

Enclosed collection of pus in tissues, organs, or confined spaces in the body.

Answer 1

Abscess

Question 2

Development of new blood vessels.

Answer 2

Angiogenesis

Question 3

Proteins whose plasma concentration changes following inflammatory reactions.

Answer 3

Acute phase proteins

Question 4

Class of cytokines that attract white blood cells to sites of infection.

Answer 4

Chemokines

Question 5

Movement of a motile cell or organism in a direction corresponding to a gradient of concentration of a particular substance.

Answer 5

Chemotaxis

Question 6

Condition of shortening and hardening of tissues that often lead to deformity and rigidity of joints.

Answer 6

Contracture

Question 7

Pentameric acute-phase reactant protein that is synthesized by the liver and rises in response to inflammation.

Answer 7

C-Reactive Proteins (CRP)

Question 8

Chemical messengers that are secreted by cells of the immune system and have an effect on other cells.

Answer 8

Cytokines

Answer 9

Effusion

Answer 10

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)

Answer 11

Eschar

Answer 12

Fibroblast

Answer 13

Fibrinogen

Answer 14

Granuloma

Answer 15

Histamine

Answer 16

Inflammation

Answer 17

Interleukins (ILs)

Answer 18

Keloid

Answer 19

Leukemoid reaction

Answer 20

Leukocytosis

Answer 21

Lymph node

Answer 22

Lymphocytes

Answer 23

Nitrogen balance

Answer 24

Phagocytosis

Answer 25

Primary intention

Answer 26

Prostaglandins (PGs)

Answer 27

Purulent exudate

Answer 28

Pyrogens

Answer 29

Secondary intention

Answer 30

Stricture

Answer 31

Tertiary intention

Answer 32

Transudate

Answer 33

Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) alpha

Answer 34

White Blood Cell (WBC) differential

Answer 35

Wound dehiscence

Answer 36

Wound evisceration