ST 105 week 4 vocab part 1
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alexonatsko on May 4, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Macrophage | Type of white blood cell that engulfs |
| Granulation | Formation of new tissue, composed largely of newly growing capillaries which form in types of wound left open |
| Toxin | A poisonous substance |
| Surgical incision | caused by a purposeful cut through intact skin |
| debridement | removal of foreign material; cutting away all dead and devitalized tissues leaving an open, clean wound where anaerobic organisms cannot survive |
| Keloid | Dense, unsightly connective tissue or excessive scar formation that is often removed surgically |
| Contaminated | Open fresh traumatic wound of less than four hours old; major break in aseptic technique occurred |
| Fibrinogen | constituent of blood that aids in coagulation |
| Ischemia | Decrease of blood supply to the tissue |
| traumatic injury | caused by chemical, thermal or other extrinsic factors |
| hemostasis | control of bleeding |
| Disruption | when the orderly closure of a wound is altered; usually suture lines break down, decreasing support of abdominal wall over peritoneal contents |
| Adhesion | Union of two surfaces or structures that normally are separate |
| Open, simple | the skin is broken, but the underlying tissue is not injured |
| necrosis | death of tissue cells |
| closed | the skin is intact, but the underlying tissue is injured |
| vaccination | inoculation with a vaccine |
| sero-sanguinous | blood tinged or colored serous drainage |
| open, clean | the skin is broken, and the object and or condition surrounding the injury were relatively clean |
| Hematoma | tumor or swelling which contains blood |
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