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Chapter 43 Terms
integumentary system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alopecia | Loss of hair |
| Autograft | Surgical transplantation of any tissue from one part of the body to another location in the same individual |
| Contracture | Shortening or tension of muscles that affect extension |
| Curling’s ulcer | A duodenal ulcer that develops 8-14 days after severe burns on the surface of the body; the first sign is usually vomiting of bright red blood |
| Debridement | Removal of damaged tissue and cellular debris from a wound or burn to prevent infection and to promote healing |
| Eschar | Black, leathery crust (I.e., a slough) that the body forms over burned tissue; eschar can harbor microorganisms and cause infection |
| Excoriation | Injury to the surface layer of skin caused by scratching or abrasion |
| Exudate | Fluid, cells, or other substances that have been slowly exuded, or discharged, from cells or blood vessels through small pores or breaks in cell membranes |
| Heterograft (Xenograft) | Tissue from another species; used as a temporary graft |
| Homograft (Allograft) | The transfer of tissue between two genetically dissimilar individuals of the same species, such as skin transplant between two humans who are not identical twins |
| Keloids | An overgrowth of collagenous scar tissue at the site of a wound of the skin |
| Macules | Small, flat blemishes that are flush with the skin surface |
| Nevi | Singular, nevus; a pigmented, congenital skin blemish that is usually benign but may become cancerous |
| Papules | Small, raised, solid skin lesions less than 1 cm in diameter |
| Pediculosis | Lice infestation |
| Pruritus | The symptom of itching |
| Pustulant vesicles | Small, circumscribed elevations of the skin that contain pus |
| Rule of Nines | Determines the total body surface area (BSA) burned, arm (shoulder to fingertips) 9% each, head to neck 18%, anterior trunk 18%, posterior trunk 18%, leg (groin to toe) 14% each |
| Suppuration | Production of purulent material |
| Urticaria | Is the term applied to the presence of wheals or hives in an allergic reaction commonly caused by drugs, food, insect bites, inhalants, emotional stress, or exposure to heat or cold |
| Verruca | Is a benign, viral, warty, skin lesion with a rough, papillomatous (nipplelike) growth occurring in many forms |
| Vesicle | Circumscribed elevation of skin filled with serous fluid; smaller than 0.5cm |
| Wheals | Round elevation of the skin; white in the center with a pale red periphery |
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