MECHANICAL SKIN INJURY
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| abrasion | scraping away of a portion of the skin or mucous membrance as a result of an injury
🗑
|
||||
| contusion | a bruise; skin is not broken, but the underlying blood vessels are ruptured, causing extravasation
🗑
|
||||
| excoriation | a scratch or scraping in the surface of the skin; an abration. Often due to scratching, as a result of pruritus
🗑
|
||||
| laceration | an irregular tearing of the tissue, a wound having jagged, deeply cut boarders; the act of tearing. Usually caused by physical injury or violence.
🗑
|
||||
| lacerated | torn; having jagged, deeply cut boarders
🗑
|
||||
| induration | the state of being extremely hard
🗑
|
||||
| indurated | hardening of soft tissue
🗑
|
||||
| callus | abnormal hardening and thickening of skin (the epidermis)
🗑
|
||||
| corn | hardening and thickening of the skin, in which a conical cone extends into the dermis, causing pain upon pressure.
🗑
|
||||
| keratosis | any honry or indurated growth, such as a wart or callus
🗑
|
||||
| keratodermia | hypertrophy of the outer layer of the epidermis, especially of the palms and soles
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
Wolkowski
Popular Medical sets