Lecture #2 (Healing Process)

Question 1

What is primary healing?

Answer 1

Occurs by the process of primary intention: a bridge of cells bind together the nearby wound edges and approximate the wound)

Question 2

What is secondary healing?

Answer 2

Occurs by the process of secondary intention (a larger wound gap is filled in form the bottom/ deeper tissues and sides to bridge the wound gap)
**This takes longer than primary healing

Question 3

What are the three phases of healing?

Answer 3

Inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling

Question 4

What phase takes up to 5 days and consists of stabilizing and containing the injured area?

Answer 4

Inflammation

Question 5

What phase takes up to 21 days and consists of disposal of dead tissue and restore circulation?

Answer 5

Proliferation

Question 6

What phase takes up to 1 year and consists of stabilizing and reestablishing the area?

Answer 6

Remodeling

Question 7

True or false:

Inflammation is a necessary component of healing.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What substance binds together fibrin and collagen and forms a lattice-like plug to clot the area?

Answer 8

Fibronectin