Wound Healing
Across
- 2. redness, heat, swelling, pain are signs of ___________.
- 3. when you scrape your knee or skin, a blood clot forms and eventually hardens into a protective crust
- 5. the outermost layer of skin on your body
- 6. an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.
- 7. the process that results in an increase of the number of cells
- 11. this pattern of collagen reduces scar thickness and makes the skin area of the wound stronger
- 12. other wise known as maturation phase
- 14. cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious pathogens
- 16. large network of proteins and other molecules that surround, support, and give structure to cells and tissues in the body.
- 18. Tissue that supports, protects, and gives structure to other tissues and organs in the body.
- 21. development of new blood vessels
- 22. activated form of fibroblast responsible for contracting tissue in wounds
- 23. collagen enzyme
Down
- 1. Produce growth factors for cell proliferation and activate fibroblasts
- 4. also referred to as remodeling
- 5. process where epithelial cells migrate upwards and repair the wounded area
- 8. type of cell that secretes collagen proteins
- 9. protein responsible for the strength and structural support of tissues
- 10. cells that make up the most of the epidermis
- 13. the first phase of the wound healing cascade
- 15. abbreviation for collagen induction therapy
- 17. a connective tissue layer sandwiched between the epidermis and subcutaneous tissue
- 18. a process that changes circulating substances within the blood into an insoluble gel
- 19. connective, epithelial, muscle and nervous are all type of ___________.
- 20. an important process that prevents excessive bleeding when a blood vessel is injured
- 24. protein responsible for the elasticity and flexibility of many tissues