Inflammation/infection

5. movement of cells or organisms in response to chemicals
8. process of cutting and washing away tissue and foreign material
9. basic pathologic process of cytologic and chemical fractions occuring in the blood vessels and tissues
12. large group of infectious agents
14. skin lesion resulting from fibrous connective tissue repair
15. tract that connects to organs or cavities together
17. systemic disease cause by the spread of microorganisms in the blood
20. separation of tissue margins
22. substance that causes local arterioles to dilate
23. fluid that has seeped out of tissue or capillaries because of inflammation or injury
25. white or yellow exudate due to the death of numerous neutrophils
26. rapid heart rate
28. increase in white cell count
32. a discontinuity of tissue
33. of tissue that clings to the surface of adjoining organs as normal furious scar tissue develops in an operative system resulting in a fibrous band
34. hardened tissue
35. a localized collection of pus
36. forms of yeast and molds
38. union - also called healing by secondary, same as primary but larger degree
39. inflammation of connective tissue
40. excessive collagen formation often resulting in a hard raised scar
41. general ill feeling
42. invasion of microorganisms into the tissue causing cell injury
43. area of excessive blood flow

1. found in all tissues of the body, play major role in the inflammatory process
2. an accumulation of pus in a body cavity
3. a parasite of the phylum Protozoa
4. difficult to kill, able to produce disease
6. microscopic organisms that are intermediate between bacteria and viruses
7. intestinal parasites
10. monocyte that leaves the bloodstream and moves into the tissue and becomes phagocytic
11. loaded with dead and dying bacteria
13. passage of blood or its formed elements through the intact walls of blood vessels
16. pus-producing, and a granuloma is a cluster of white blood cells reacting to infection, causing a lump
18. involves approximating the edges of the wound
19. cell marker that induces a state of sensitivity after coming in contact with an antibody
21. test to identify the pathogen and type of treatment needed
24. crater like lesion in the skin
27. immunoglobulins that develop in response to an antigen
29. normal flora bacteria that take the opportunity to cause infection in the host
30. physical or mental injury
31. opening to the surface of the body formed by a large ruptured abscess
37. one celled microorganism that may be aerobic or anaerobic