Vocab Week 8

Question 0

Alginate

Answer 0

Alginate dressings are derived from seaweed made of soft non-woven fibres, and are available as pads, ropes or ribbons. Alginate dressings are extremely lightweight, absorb many times their own weight, form a gel-like covering over the wound, and maintain a moist environment. They are best used for wounds with significant exudate.

Question 1

Approximated

Answer 1

to draw two tissue surfaces close together as in the repair of a wound or to draw the bones of a joint together as in physical therapy.

Question 2

Collagen

Answer 2

A fibrous protein that provides strength and elasticity to skin, bones, cartilage and connective tissues

Question 3

Dehiscence

Answer 3

A splitting of tissue

Question 4

Debridement

Answer 4

the medical removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue

Question 5

Evisceration

Answer 5

the removal of the contents from an organ or an organ from its cavity

I.e. Disembowelment when removing viscera from abdominal cavity

Question 6

Eschar

Answer 6

dead tissue that falls off (sheds) from healthy skin. It is caused by a burn or cauterization

Question 7

Excoriation

Answer 7

The act of abrading or wearing off the skin; a raw, irritated lesion

Question 8

Exudate

Answer 8

a mass of cells and fluid that has seeped out of blood vessels or an organ, especially in inflammation

Question 9

Friction

Answer 9

The act of rubbing the surface of an object against another

Question 10

Granulation tissue

Answer 10

A kind of tissue formed during wound healing, with a rough or irregular surface and a rich supply of blood capillaries

Question 11

Hydrocolloid

Answer 11

hydrocolloid wound dressing

impermeable to oxygen and carbon dioxide, the colloid interacts with tissue fluid to form a nonadhesive gel

Question 12

Inflammation

Answer 12

Inflammation is a process by which the body’s white blood cells and substances they produce protect us from infection with foreign organisms, such as bacteria and viruses.

However, in some diseases, like arthritis, the body’s defense system – the immune system – triggers an inflammatory response when there are no foreign invaders to fight off. In these diseases, called autoimmune diseases, the body’s normally protective immune system causes damage to its own tissues. The body responds as if normal tissues are infected or somehow abnormal.

Question 13

Maceration

Answer 13

the softening and breaking down of skin resulting from prolonged exposure to moisture

Question 14

Ischemia

Answer 14

an inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body, especially the heart muscles

Question 15

Pressure sore/ulcer

Answer 15

Injury to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin

Question 16

Primary intention

Answer 16

healing by first intention that in which union or restoration of continuity occurs directly without intervention of granulations

Question 17

Purulent

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Containing, discharging, or causing the production of pus

Question 18

Secondary intention

Answer 18

Wound is left open and heals naturally

Question 19

Tertiary intention

Answer 19

The wound is left open for a number of days and then closed if it is found to be clean

Question 20

Intention

Answer 20

The healing process of a wound

Question 21

Sanguineous

Answer 21

Fresh drainage; bloody red/cranberry color

Question 22

Shearing

Answer 22

an applied force or pressure exerted against the surface and layers of the skin as tissues slide in opposite but parallel planes

Question 23

Serous

Answer 23

Pertaining to serum; thin and watery, like serum

Question 24

Slough

Answer 24

A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, a sore, or an inflammation