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Wounds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The disintegration of cells or tissues by the enzymes of the body or cellular components in would fluid. (Cover the wound and the body takes care of it) | Autolysis |
| The removal of devitalized tissues from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected lesion to expose healthy tissue. | Debridement |
| Healiing by the growth of epithelium over a denuded surface | Epitheliazation |
| Redness of the skin caused by congestion of the capillaries in the lower layers of the skin. (Signs of infection or inflammation) | Erythema |
| A dry scab; devitalized tissue. (Black and thick...it must be removed!) | Eschar |
| A fluid with a high composition of protein and cellular debris that has escaped from blood vessels and is deposited in tissues or on tissue surfaces. (Fluid coming out of a wound) | Exudate |
| Any granular material on the surface of a tissue, membrane, or organ. (Reestabulization of blood flow) | Granulation |
| The quality of being hard; abnormal firmness of tissue with a definite margin. (Area around wound is hard due to fluid) | Induration |
| The softening of a solid or tisue by soaking. | Maceration |
| The morphological changes indicative of cell death. | Necrosis |
| A mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue; pronounced "sluf". (Yellow stuff on wound bed) | Slough |
| A local defect or excavation of the surface of an organ or tissue produced by sloughing of necrotic inflammatory tissue. | Ulcer |
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