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Wound Healing Flashcards

1
Q

List the 4 stages of wound healing

A

Haemostasis
Inflammation
Proliferation
Remodelling

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2
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Signs of inflammation

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Pain
Swelling
Heat
Loss of function

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3
Q

List 2 phases of acute inflammation

A

Vascular
Cellular

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4
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Function of vascular acute inflammation

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Prevent further injury, dilutes toxins & bacteria

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5
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Approximate time scale for vascular acute inflammation

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Almost immediate - 3/5 days

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6
Q

what causes mast cells to burst

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damaged tissue

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7
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what causes vasodilation in wound healing

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histamine

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8
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when mast cells burst what do they release

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histamine, serotonin

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9
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what causes stimulation of pain receptors

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pressure from swelling

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10
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What 2 functions does platelets, histamines and serotonin have in wound healing

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Causes vasodilation (heat/redness)
Increased vascular permeability (swelling/pain)

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11
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how does proteins and plasma move into intracellular spaces

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osmosis

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12
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what sensitises pain receptors

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bradykinin and prostaglandins

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13
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what does vasodilation do

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increase blood flow

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14
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what happens when endothelial cells lose their tight junctions

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blood vessels become leaky - increased permeability

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15
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when does the area become hypotoxic

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when blood supply has been lost in the injury

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16
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what does histamine stimulate

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endothelial cells to lose their tight junctions

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17
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After 12 - 24 hours which phase starts

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Cellular

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18
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Functions of cellular acute inflammation

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Removes bacteria, cleans up tissue and prepares for wound repair

19
Q

Identify the cells involved in cellular inflammation

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Neutrophils
Macrophages

20
Q

explain the role of macrophages at end of inflammation

A

they release proinflammatory cytokines or anti inflammatory cytokines and growth factors that progress the wound

21
Q

What is angiogenesis

A

New blood vessel growth

22
Q

What is the function of neutrophils in wound healing

A

Phagocyte - Bacterial destruction and clean up

23
Q

What is the function of macrophages in wound healing

A

Phagocyte - bacterial clean up, damaged tissue removal and dead neutrophils, release growth factors

24
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How do neutrophils die

25
Q

What is apoptosis

A

When neutrophils fill their self up with bacteria

26
Q

What is a monocyte

A

Immature macrophages

27
Q

What are the 5 stages of how cells travel from the blood to the site of injury (cellular phase)

A

Margination
Rolling / pavementing
Adhesion
Diapedesis
Chemotaxis

28
Q

Explain margination

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As blood flow becomes congested, phagocytes drop the margins

29
Q

explain rolling / pavementing

A

weak attraction and rolling along the endothelial cells

30
Q

explain adhesion

A

phagocytes attaches strongly to special attachment proteins

31
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explain diapedesis

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phagocyte squeezes through leaky membrane into intracellular spaces

32
Q

explain chemotaxis

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cells move to area of damage following cytokine concentration gradient, cell debris

33
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describe what happens to epithelial cells in early proliferation

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loss of contact stimulates epithelial cells to replicate
macrophages release growth factors
epithelial cells replicate

34
Q

how do epithelial cells replicate

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leap frog over each other
process repeats until they meet in the middle

35
Q

describe the role of fibroblasts in early proliferation

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fibroblasts migrate into the wound
they make ground substance and type 3 collagen

36
Q

what characteristic does type 3 collagen have compared to type 1

A

it is much weaker
less organised
easily broken

37
Q

explain how blood vessels grow into the wound during early proliferation

A

fibroblasts and epithelial tissue quickly use up local oxygen levels
m2 macrophages release growth factors
this stimulates endothelial cells of blood vessels to replicate

38
Q

which direction does endothelial cells grow

A

towards hypotoxic areas

39
Q

which tissue is present at the end of proliferation

A

granulation

40
Q

list the components of granulation tissue

A

fibroblasts
ground substance (proteoglycans)
type 3 collagen
macrophages
new blood vessels
new epithelial tissue

41
Q

when does a fibroblast make smooth muscle actin (myofibroblasts)

A

when physical stress on the new tissue stimulates the fibroblast

42
Q

what causes reduction in wound size

A

myofibroblasts attached to collagen bundles and which contracts to pull inwards

43
Q

what happens at the end of proliferation

A

epithelial cells have recovered the site
invading blood vessels are now organised
fibroblasts have filled the wound with type 3 collagen and ground substance

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