Chapter 20: Vocabulary Flashcards

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Contusion

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

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Erythema

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

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Ecchymosis

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

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Hematoma

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

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Crush injury

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

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Crush syndrome

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

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Tension line

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Natural pattern in the surface of the skin revealing tension within

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Avuolsion

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

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Degloving injury

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

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Chemotactic Factors

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

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Granulocytes

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

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Epithelialization

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

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Neovascularization

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New growth of capillaries in response to healing

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Collagen

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

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Fibroblasts

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Specialized cells that form collagen

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Remodeling

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

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Lymphagitis

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

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Gangrene

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Deep space infection usually caused by anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfingens

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Serous fluid

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A cellulare componente of blood, similar to plasma

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Compartment syndrome

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

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Keloid

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A formation resulting from overproduction not scar tissue

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Rhabdomyolysis

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Acute pathological process that involves the destruction of skeletal muscle