6.6 Healing of Wounds
Across
- 2. Disease of the sebaceous glands that produces black heads and pimples.
- 4. Inflammation of the skin.
- 6. Disease produced by an infestation of lice.
- 10. Noncontagious skin rash that produces itching, blistering, and scaling.
- 11. Redness, swelling, pain, tenderness, heat, and disturbed function of an area of the body, especially as a reaction of tissues to injurious agents.
- 13. Reddening of the skin due to dilation of dermal blood vessels in response to injury or inflammation.
- 14. Elevated, enlarging fibrous scar usually initiated by an injury.
- 15. Bacterial infection of the skin, produced when bacteria enter a hair follicle.
Down
- 1. Infectious disease of the skin, usually caused by the herpes simplex virus and characterized by recurring formations of small clusters of vesicles.
- 3. Fungus infection usually in the skin of the toes and soles.
- 5. Liquid-filled sac or capsule.
- 7. Bacterial infection, similar to a boil, that spreads into the subcutaneous tissues.
- 8. Congenital blemish or spot on the skin, visible at birth or soon after.
- 9. Fleshy skin tumor that is usually pigmented; colors range from brown to black.
- 11. Contagious disease of bacterial origin, characterized by pustules that rupture and become covered with loosely held crusts.
- 12. Hair loss, usually sudden.