Chapter 36 Med Terms Flashcards
Pooled Exudates.
Pus
A bright red flush on the skin occurring after pressure is relieved.
Reactive Hyperemia
Renewal, regrowth, the replacement of destroyed tissue cells by cells that are identical or similar in structure and function.
Regeneration
An exudate containing large amounts of red blood cells; also called hemorrhagic exudate.
Sanguineous Exudate
Wound in which the tissue surfaces are not approximated and there is extensive tissue loss; formation of excessive granulation tissue and scarring.
Secondary Intention Healing
Inflammatory material consisting of a combination of clear and blood-tinged drainage.
Serosanguineous Exudate
Inflammatory material composed of serum (clear portion of blood) derived from the blood and serous membranes of the body such as the peritoneum, pleura, pericardium, and meninges; watery in appearance and has few cells.
Serous Exudate
A combination of friction and pressure that, when applied to the skin, results in damage to the blood vessels and tissues.
Shearing Force
A bath in which the client sits in warm water to help soothe and heal the perineum
Sitz Bath
The formation about pus.
Suppuration
Healing that occurs in wounds left open for 3 to 5 days and then closed with sutures, staples, or adhesive skin closures.
Tertiary Intention
Constricted blood vessels.
Vasoconstriction
An increase in the diameter of blood vessels.
Vasodilation
growing only in the presence of oxygen
aerboic
growing only in the absence of oxygen
anaerobic
closed tissue surfaces
approximated