Injury and Healing Handout Flashcards
steps in soft tissue healing
- bleeding, degeneration, disruption (sec-min)
- clot formation (min-hrs)
- inflammation (min-days)
- repair, regeneration (hrs-mos)
- remodeling (mo-yrs)
what is the process of bleeding, degeneration & disruption? (timeline)
immediately following injury. proteases are released by myofiber degeneration.
what do proteases get released by/do?
released by myofiber degeneration. do auto-digestion of damaged tissue; chemotaxis of neutrophils and macrophages to the area.
what does vessel injury cause?
it exposes clotting factors and platelets to collagen; activation of complement and kinin, plasmin generation and stimulates platelet degranulation
process of clot formation?
min- hrs. clot of fibrin, platelets, red cells, debris. scaffolding for fibroblast repairs.
inflammation process?
min-days. protective. eliminate necrotic cells and tissues from insult, initiate repair
cardinal signs of inflammation?
heat, redness, swelling, pain, loss of fxn. esp prominent in acute inflammation.
what is acute inflammation?
rapid in onset, short duration, lasts mins-days, predominantly neutrophilic leukocyte accumulation
what is chronic inflammation?
days to yrs. influx of lymphocytes & monocytes (tissue macrophages), associated vascular proliferation/fibrosis (scarring)
macrophage fxn?
induce local inflammatory response. stimulate cytokine release, chemotactic factors from T cells. recruit progenitor and satellite cells
what cytokines do MP stimulate?
IL-1, 6, 8 and IGF-1
repair/regeneration process?
hours to months.
- proliferation
- tissue repair by reneration
- scar tissue contraction
proliferation process?
hours-wks. prolif of surrounding fibroblasts, migration into wound. produce collagen matrix. phagocytes digest. granulation tissue with neovascularization. myofibroblasts contract.
what do phagocytes do?
release enzymes to digest exudage, fibrin clot and debris (clot easily disrupted)
granulation tissue modification
vascular budding & recanalization restores vasc connections in 3-4 days. granulation tissue bridges gaps days 7-10. spread of area of inflammation and edema into surrounding normal tissue 21 days. 6 weeks back to normal.
labile tissue repair results in?
regeneration with complete restoration of form and function. eg bone marrow, most surface epithelia, bones
permanent tissue repair results in?
replacement with connective tissue and scar formation. eg skeletal muscles, cartilage.
scar tissue contraction process?
after 2 weeks, can withstand typical stresses. 3+ mo near normal strength
remodeling process?
months-years. 6 mo fibrils more oriented to lines of stress. 1-2 years = final remodeling
bone healing process?
- bleeding
- clot formation
- inflammatory stage
- repair stage
- remodeling stage
+ variables