medical terms chp 3 (4/4) Flashcards

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1
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What type of burn does a sunburn cause?

A

First-degree burn

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2
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What type of burn does a scald cause?

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Second-degree burns

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3
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What type of burn can a housefire with prolonged flame contact cause?

A

Third-degree burns

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4
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What type of burn does a high voltage electrical injury cause?

A

Fourth-degree burn

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5
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First-degree thickness

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Superficial thickness

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6
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Second-degree thickness

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Partial thickness

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7
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Third-degree thickness

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Full thickness

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8
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First-degree burn

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Burn involves only the epidermis and causes superficial inflammation with redness and pain with a slight edema healing takes 3 to 5 days without scarring

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Second-degree burn

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Involves the epidermis and dermis believes some of the dermis intact they produce redness, blisters, and more severe pain healing takes 2 to 3 weeks with minimal scarring

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10
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Third-degree burn

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Burn involves the epidermis and dermis and subcutaneous tissue, which are often completely destroyed healing takes a long time and involves skin graphs

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Fourth-degree burn

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Destroys all layers of the skin and involve underlying tendons, muscles, and sometimes bones

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12
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Scald

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Burned from contact with hot liquid or steam

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13
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Inflammation

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A complex of cell and chemical reactions occurring in response to an injury or chemical or biologic agent

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14
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And what degree burns our skin grafts necessary?

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Fourth and third-degree burns where there is no dermal tissue left for jet regeneration

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15
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Allograft

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Skin graft from another person or a cadaver

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16
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Autograft

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A graph removed from the patient’s own skin

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17
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allo-

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other

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18
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Debridement

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The removal of injured or necrotic tissue

19
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Bride-

A

Rubbish

20
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eschar

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The burnt dead tissue laying on top of thirddegree burns

21
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Heterograft(xenograft)

A

A graph from another species, not human

22
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hetero-

A

different

23
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Lentigo

A

age spot, flat, brown black spot in the skin of older people

24
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xeno-

A

foreign

25
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Abdominoplasty(tummy tuck)

A

Surgical removal of access subcutaneous fat from abdominal wall

26
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Abrasion

A

Area of skin or mucous membrane that has been scraped off

27
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belpharoplasty

A

Surgical repair of an eyelid

28
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-plasty

A

Surgically repair

29
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belphar/o

A

Eyelid

30
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Clot

A

The mass of vibrant and cells that is produced in a wound

31
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Dermabrasion

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Removal of upper layers of skin by rotary brush

32
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-abras-

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scrape off

33
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Granulation

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New fibrous tissue form during wound healing

34
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Excision

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Surgical removal of a part or all of a structure

35
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Keloid

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Raised irregular, lumpy scar due to excess collagen, fiber production during healing of a wound

36
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Laceration

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A tear or jagged wound of the skin caused by blunt trauma not a cut

37
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lacer-

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to tear

38
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Lipectomy

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Surgical removal of adipose tissue

39
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-ectomy

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Surgical excision

40
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lip-

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lipid, fat

41
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Mammoplasty

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Surgical procedure to exchange the size or shape of the breast

42
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mamm/o

A

breast

43
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Wound

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Any injury that interprets the continuity of skin or mucous membrane