Wound terminology revision
Across
- 2. / The outer layer of the skin.
- 4. / The main protein constituent of white fibrous tissue.
- 8. / A function of the healing process in granulating tissue whereby edges of the wound are drawn towards each other.
- 11. / A softening or sogginess of the tissue owing to retention of excessive moisture. Often showing as white wet tissue.
- 13. / The abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin, or in one or more cavities in the body.
- 16. /The generation of new blood vessels in tissues.
- 17. / Small masses of formative cells containing loops of newly formed blood vessels which spring up over any raw surface, as the first step in the process of healing of wounds.
- 18. / The removal of devitalised tissue and foreign matter.
- 20. / Presence of micro organism but without multiplication.
- 22. / The final stage of the proliferative stage of tissue healing.
- 23. / Devitalised tissue which has a yellow/white/grey hue.
- 24. / An immune collagen producing cell of connective tissue.
- 26. / Synonymous with eczema.
Down
- 1. / The formation of new tissue filling the defect which takes place during the proliferation phase of healing.
- 3. / A scab consisting of dried serum and devitalised dermal cells.
- 5. / Is the tissue that covers the body surface, lines body cavities and forms glands.
- 6. / Micro-organisms are not only present but are multiplying and producing an associated host reaction.
- 7. / Narrowing of the blood vessels which results in the blood flow to a particular part of the body being reduced.
- 9. / Multiplication of organisms without a corresponding host reaction.
- 10. / Originates from the Greek word ‘to boil over’. Features dry, itching, red and inflamed skin.
- 12. / Disease-producing, and is a term for example, applied to bacteria,capable of causing disease.
- 14. / Redness of the skin due to hyperaemia.
- 15. / A spreading infection into soft tissue.
- 19. / The body’s natural ability to debride dead tissue. Softening of dead cells brought about by enzymes in the cells themselves.
- 21. / The termination of bleeding by mechanical or chemical means or by the complex coagulation process of the body, consisting of vasoconstriction, platelet aggregation, thrombin and fibrin synthesis.
- 25. / The local death of tissue. The tissue is often black /brown in colour and ‘leathery ‘in texture.