Wound terminology revision

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