Chapter 36 Med Terms

Question 1

Pooled Exudates.

Answer 1

Pus

Question 2

A bright red flush on the skin occurring after pressure is relieved.

Answer 2

Reactive Hyperemia

Question 3

Renewal, regrowth, the replacement of destroyed tissue cells by cells that are identical or similar in structure and function.

Answer 3

Regeneration

Question 4

An exudate containing large amounts of red blood cells; also called hemorrhagic exudate.

Answer 4

Sanguineous Exudate

Question 5

Wound in which the tissue surfaces are not approximated and there is extensive tissue loss; formation of excessive granulation tissue and scarring.

Answer 5

Secondary Intention Healing

Question 6

Inflammatory material consisting of a combination of clear and blood-tinged drainage.

Answer 6

Serosanguineous Exudate

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

Serous Exudate

Question 8

A combination of friction and pressure that, when applied to the skin, results in damage to the blood vessels and tissues.

Answer 8

Shearing Force

Question 9

A bath in which the client sits in warm water to help soothe and heal the perineum

Answer 9

Sitz Bath

Question 10

The formation about pus.

Answer 10

Suppuration

Question 11

Healing that occurs in wounds left open for 3 to 5 days and then closed with sutures, staples, or adhesive skin closures.

Answer 11

Tertiary Intention

Question 12

Constricted blood vessels.

Answer 12

Vasoconstriction

Question 13

An increase in the diameter of blood vessels.

Answer 13

Vasodilation

Question 14

growing only in the presence of oxygen

Answer 14

aerboic

Question 15

growing only in the absence of oxygen

Answer 15

anaerobic

Question 16

closed tissue surfaces

Answer 16

approximated

Question 17

a strip of cloth used to wrap some part of the body

Answer 17

bandage

Question 18

a type of bandage applied to large body areas (abdomen or chest) that are designed for a specific body part ( arm sling) used to provide support

Answer 18

binder

Question 19

a protein found in the connective tissue; a whitish protein substance that adds tensile strength to a wound

Answer 19

collagen

Question 20

a moist gauze dressing applied frequently to an open wound, sometimes medicated

Answer 20

compress

Question 21

removal of infected and necrotic material

Answer 21

debridement

Question 22

the partial or total rupturing of a sutured wound; usually involves an abdominal wound in which the layers below the skin also separate

Answer 22

dehiscence

Question 23

necrotic tissue

Answer 23

eschar

Question 24

extrusion of the internal organs

Answer 24

evisceration

Question 25

loss of the superficial layers of the skin

Answer 25

excoriation

Question 26

purulent drainage

Answer 26

exudate

Question 27

an insoluble protein formed fibrinogen during the clotting of blood

Answer 27

fibrin

Question 28

rubbing; the force that opposes motion

Answer 28

friction

Question 29

young connective tissue with new capillaries formed in the wound healing process

Answer 29

granulation tissue

Question 30

a confusion or “black eye” resulting fro injury

Answer 30

hematoma

Question 31

excessive loss of blood from the vascular system

Answer 31

hemorrhage

Question 32

cessation of bleeding

Answer 32

hemostasis

Question 33

prescribed or unavoidable restriction of movement in any area of a persons life

Answer 33

immobiity

Question 34

deficiency of blood supply caused by obstruction of circulation to the body part

Answer 34

ischemia

Question 35

a hypertrophic scar containing an abnormal amount of collagen

Answer 35

keloid

Question 36

the wasting away or softening of a solid as if by the action of soaking; often used to describe degenerative changes and eventual disintegration

Answer 36

maceration

Question 37

filling an open wound or cavity with a material such as gauze

Answer 37

packing

Question 38

macrophages engulf microorganisms and cellular debris

Answer 38

phagocytosis

Question 39

reddened areas, sores, or ulcers of the skin occurring over bony prominence

Answer 39

pressure ulcers

Question 40

tissue surfaces are approximated (closed) and there is minimal or no tissue loss, formation of minimal granulation tissue and scaring

Answer 40

primary intention healing

Question 41

an exudate consisting of leukocytes, liquefied dead tissue debris, and dead and living bacteria

Answer 41

purulent exudate