Chapter 24 Vocab

Question 1

Gunshot Wound

Answer 1

Penetrating Wound

Question 2

Cool the body by discharging a substance through the pores

Answer 2

Sweat Glands

Question 3

Tissue hanging as a flap from a wound

Answer 3

Avulsion

Question 4

Tough external later forming a watertight covering for the body

Answer 4

Epidermis

Question 5

Razor cut

Answer 5

Laceration

Question 6

Secrete a watery substance that lubricates the openings of the mouth and nose

Answer 6

Mucous Mebranes

Question 7

Inner layer of skin that contains the structures that give skin its characteristic appearance

Answer 7

Dermis

Question 8

Produce oil, which waterproofs the skin and keeps it supple

Answer 8

Sebaceous glands

Question 9

Exposed intestines

Answer 9

Evisceration

Question 10

Skinned Knee

Answer 10

Abrasion

Question 11

______ burns affect only the epidermis

Answer 11

superficial

Question 12

A burn caused by an open flame

Answer 12

flame burn

Question 13

The presence of infective organisms or foreign bodies such as dirt, gravel, or metal

Answer 13

contamination

Question 14

Describes an animal that is infected with rabies

Answer 14

rabid

Question 15

A system that assigns percentages to sections of the body for calculating the burn area

Answer 15

rule of nines

Question 16

The fiberlike connective tissue that covers arteries, veins, tendons, and ligaments

Answer 16

fascia

Question 17

Injuries in which damage occurs as a result from thermal heat, frictional heat, toxic chemicals, electricity, or nuclear radiation

Answer 17

burns