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Dermatology
Soft Tissue Healing
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Medical
Graduate
09/02/2010

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Term
Coagulation
Definition
What is the process that occurs just minutes after a wound is created?
Term
Inflammation
Definition
What stage of healing involveds WBC's and macrophages that eat the bacteria in the wound?
Term
Inflammation
Definition
Which stage of healing do immunosuppressed pts have trouble with?
Term
Fibroplasia & Matrix Deposition
Definition
Which stage of healing makes a basic, loose, disorganized matrix of fibrin?
Term
angiogenesis
Definition
When the blood vessels are cut, what is the process of the body making more?
Term
Epithelialization
Definition
What happens in the healing stage after angiogenesis when the cells under the scab are trying to close the wound?
Term
Collagen Fiber Maturation
Definition
What stage of healing is where it looks healed from the outside and feels really hard?
Term
Lysis
Definition
What stage of healing is where the body breaks up the disorganized fibrin cells that were layed out before?
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Contraction
Definition
Which stage of healing is where the body aligns all the new collagen cells and gets the elasticity back?
Term
Primary intention
Definition
Which kind of healing is by suturing up an incision?
Term
Secondary Intention
Definition
What kind of wound healing is where we let the wound heal itself without interventions?
Term
Delayed Primary Closure
Definition
What type of wound healing is used when you can't close the wound at the moment but will be able to in a couple of days? 
Term
Monofilament
Definition
Which type of suture would be best suitable for a place with alot of bacteria?
Term
Decubiti ulcers
Definition
What is caused by lack of blood supply to the tissues from poor circulation and physical pressure?
Term
Wound Dehiscence
Definition
What refers to wounds that appear to be healing but then fall apart?
Term

1mm/day

 

*slower than other tissues

Definition
At what rate do nerves heal?
Term
B. Esophagus
Definition

A wound in which area would heal much slower than the rest?

 

A. Small Intestine

B. Esophagus

C. Large Intestine

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