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Inflammation & Healing Flashcards

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A LOCALIZED POCKET OF INFECTION OR PURRLENT EXUDATE SURROUNDED BY INFLAMMATION

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ABSCESS

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A BAND OF FIBROUS SCAR TISSUE FORMING AN ABNORMAL CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO SURFACES OR STRUCTURES (BINDING TWO LOOPS OF INTESTINE TOGETHER)

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ADHESION

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CAPILLARIES

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ANGIOGENESIS

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LOSS OF APPETITE

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ANOREXIA

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A CHECMICAL RELEASES IN THE BODY DURING AN INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE OR IMMUNE RESPONSE

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CHEMICAL MEDIATOR

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THE MOVEMENT OF CELLS TOWARD OR AWAY FROM AN AREA OF THE BODY IN RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL SIGNALS (PHAGOCYTIC CELLS MOVE TO AN AREA OF TISSUE INJURY)

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CHEMOTAXIS

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THE COMMON PROTEIN MAKING UP CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND BONE

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COLLAGEN

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SHORTENING OF A MUSCLE OR SCAR TISSUE CAUSING IMMOBILITY AND DEFORMITY OF A JOINT OR STRUCTURE

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CONTRACTURE

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THE PASSAGE OF LEUKOCYTES THROUGH INTACTCAPILLARY WALLS TO A SITE OF INFLAMMATION

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DIAPEDESIS

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THE RATE AT WHICH RBCs SETTLE OUT OF A BLOOD SPECIMENT (CONTAINING ANTICOAGULANT); AN ELEVATION IN ESR IS A GNERAL CHARACTERISTIC OF INFLAMMATION

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ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE (ESR)

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A FLUID THAT ACCUMULATES AND MAY LEAK FROM TISSUE, FOR EXAMPLE, A SEROUS EDUDATE DUE TO ALLERGY, A PURULENT EXUDATE, OR PUS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTION

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EXUDATE

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THE PLASMA PROTEIN THAT IS FORMED INTO SOLID FIBRIN STRANDS DURING THE CLOTTING PROCESS

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FIBRINOGEN

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THE STERIOD HORMONES FROM THE ADRENAL CORTEX, FOR EXAMPLE, CORTISOL (HYDROCORTISONE), THATINCREASE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS AND ACT TO DECREASE INFLAMMATION AND ALLERGIC REACTIONS

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GLUCOCORTICOID

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NEWLY DEVELOPED FRAGILE TISSUE, CONSISTING OF FIBROBLASTS AND BLOOD VESSELS, FORMED DURING HEALING

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GRANULATION TISSUE

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A NODULAR DESTRUCTIVE MASS ASSOCIATED WITH SOME CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION

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GRANULOMA

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PERCENTAGE OF ERYTHROCYTES IN A BLOOD SAMPLE

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HEMATOCRIT

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THE BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION PROCESS

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HEMATOPOIESIS

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INCREASED BLOOD FLOW IN AN AREA, RESULTING IN A WARM, RED AREA

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A GROUP OF ANTIVIRAL GLYCOPROTEINS PRODUCED BY VIRAL-INFECTED CELLS

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INTERFERONS

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INTO THE JOINT CAVITY OR JOINT SPACE

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INTRAARTICULAR

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CELL ENZYMES SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN ORGANS THAT DIFFER SLIGHTLY IN STRUCTURE BUT HAVE SIMILAR FUNCTIONS

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ISOENZYMES

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A COLORLESS CELL THAT CIRUCLATES IN THE BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS AND IS INVOLVED IN COUNTERACTING FOREIGN SUBSTANCES; A WBC

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AN ABOVE-NORMAL NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES (WBCs) IN THE BLOOD

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LUKOCYTOSIS

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A TYPE OF WBC THAT SURROUNDS AND KILLS MICROORGANISMS, REMOVES DEAD CELLS, AND STILULATES THE ACTION OF OTHER IMMUNE SYSTEM CELLS

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MACROPHAGE

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A GENERAL FEELING OF DISCOMFORT OR UNEASE OR OF BEING UNWELL

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A TYPE OF WBC THAT IS IMPORTANT PART OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND HELPS THE BODY FIGHT INFECTION

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NEUTROPHIL

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A SMALL HOLE

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PERFORATION

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THE STATE OR QUALITY OF A MATERIAL OR MEMBRANCE THAT CAUSES IT TO ALLOW LIQUIDS TO PASS THROUGH IT

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PERMEABILITY

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A CELL THAT CAN SURROUND, INGEST, AND DESTROY MICROORGANISMS, CELL DEBRIS, OR FOREGIN SUBSTANCES

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LIKE PUS; THICK, YELLOWISH MATERIAL IN TISSUE OFTEN RESULTING FROM BACTERIAL INFECTION

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FEVER

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A SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSES FEVER, A RAISE IN BODY TEMPERATURE

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TISSUE REPAIR THROUGH REPLACEMENT BY IDENTICAL FUNCTIONING CELLS

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REGENERATION

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WATERY SECRETION

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AN IOEN, CRATERLIKE LESION ON THE SKIN OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES

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WHEN VESSELS WIDEN, ALLOWING MORE BLOOD FLOW

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VASODILATION

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MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DELAYED WOUND HEALING IN THE OPERATIVE PATIENT

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WOUND INFECTION

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WOUNDS WITH SIGNIFICANT BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION, FOREIGN BODIES ARE GENERALLY CLOSED BY WHICH INTENTION

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GRANULATION (2ND INTENTION)

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PHASE OF HEALING WHICH BEGINS WITHIN MINUTES OF INJURY

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INFLAMMATORY

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WHAT CAUSES LOCALIZED TEMPERATURE ELEVATION DURING THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE

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INCREASED BLOOD FLOW

41
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BURN THAT ONLY INVOLVES THE EPIDERMIS ONLY

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1ST DEGREE OR SUPERFICIAL BURNS

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BURN THAT INVOLVES THE EPIDERMIS AND VARYING LEVELS OF DERMIS

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2ND DEGREE OR PARTIAL-THICKNESS BURNS

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BURN THAT INVOLVES ALL LAYERS OF THE SKIN INCLUDING THE ENTIRE DERMIS

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3RD DEGREE OR FULL-THICKNESS BURNS

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IN THE ADULT, WHAT SYSTEM IS USED TO ESTIMATE THE TOTAL BODY SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN BURNED

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RULE OF NINES
EACH UPPER LIMB = 9%
EACH LOWER LIMB = 18%
ANTERIOR & POSTERIOR TRUNK = 18% EACH
HEAD & NECK = 9%
PERINEUM & GENITALIA = 1%

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