Wounds
Across
- 2. Heat causes___of blood vessels
- 3. A type of mechanical debridement
- 8. Used as a back up after regular sutures are removed
- 9. Drainage containing blood and serum
- 11. Medical term for fat
- 12. Formation of new blood vessels
- 13. Steri-strips are often called this
- 15. Processes of removing dead, damaged or infected tissue to improve healing
Down
- 1. Softening of tissues from soaking in moisture
- 4. Medical term for bruise
- 5. Insoluble protein essential for clotting
- 6. Describes wound edges that are together
- 7. Tissue that has died
- 9. Natural shedding or dropping off of dead tissue
- 10. The formation of purulent exudate
- 14. Wide, elasticized fabric band used to decrease tension around a wound