UNIT 3: Tissue Healing (Study Topics for Test) Flashcards
What is a syndrome?
Group of signs and symptoms that indicate an injury or disease.
What is pathology?
Structural and functional changes from injury.
What is etiology?
Caused of a disease
What is mechanism?
Mechanical description of cause
What is a sign?
Something that you see (Objective)
What is a symptom?
Something that a person is feeling (Subjective)
What is a diagnosis?
Specific condition
What is differential diagnosis?
two or more conditions that share similar signs and symptoms
What is working diagnosis?
A disease that hasn’t been ruled out
POLICE
Protection, optimal loading, ice compression & elevation
What is force?
A push or a pull
Signs of inflammation
- Pain
- Redness
- Swelling
- Heat
- Loss of function/ROM
Signs of infection
- Redness
- Swelling
- Heat
- Tenderness
- Abnormal or purulent discharge
3 types of muscles found in the body
Skeletal, cardia & smooth muscle
Skeletal muscle
Attached to bones to create movement
Cardiac muscle
Found in the heart
Smooth muscle
Found in hollow organs such as the stomach, intestines & blood vessels
Tendons connect
Muscle to bone
Ligaments connect
Bone to bone
What is elastic response?
It returns to original shape
What is plastic response?
Deformation remains
What is axial force?
Acts on the long axis of a structure
What is tension?
Force in opposite direction; Pulling or strecthing the tissues.
What is compression?
Produces a crushing or squeezing type force
What is shear?
It’s a parallel force; that causes sliding or displacement
What is bending?
Compression and tension
What is torsion?
Twisitng force
What is acute injury?
- It happens suddenly
- Macrotrauma
What is chronic injury?
- Results from repeated loading
- Microtrauma