Cuts, Scrapes, Scabs, and Scars

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  1. 4. the dead bodies of white cells piled up after being killed by bacteria (p. 28)
  2. 5. a protein that spills out of broken platelets that form a mesh over the injured area, trapping red blood cells (p. 17)
  3. 6. a word that helps you to remember the important nutrients for healthy healing (Vitamins A,C,E and selenium) (p. 38)
  4. 9. the body's reaction to the damaged cells when fluid from the blood seeps into tissues, causing the area to swell and become hot and red (p. 20)
  5. 12. a vitamin that helps keep your body strong, which helps the healing process (p. 38)
  6. 14. fiber-forming cells that start making the framework for the skin (p. 23)
  7. 15. give off sweat when you are hot and produce oils when skin is dry inside the dermis (p. 10)
  8. 16. the number of days an average skin cell lives (p. 9)
  9. 17. spill out of the cells into the tissues when you get a cut, sending pain message to the brain (p. 14)
  10. 18. made of collagen fiber that results when a gap in skin is finally closed and new skin is formed; its often much stronger, tighter than normal skin (p. 24-5)
  11. 20. damage to tissue inside that has been torn and blood is leaking out of tiny broken blood vessels (p. 19)
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  1. 1. tiny blood vessels in the dermis that provide food and oxygen for the cells to live and grow (p. 12)
  2. 2. a vitamin that keeps your skin strong (p. 38)
  3. 3. the top layer of living skin cells, pushing up dead skin cells into the keratin layer (p. 10)
  4. 7. a protein that makes up the dead cells, forming a thick, protective layer (p. 9)
  5. 8. a food that contains Vitamin E, which helps your body to make collagen to heal wounds (p. 38-9)
  6. 10. send messages to certain parts of the body that can be severed by deep cuts, blocking its ability to communicate (p. 27)
  7. 11. tiny blood cells that help blood to clot and stop bleeding from a cut (p. 16)
  8. 13. a bacteria that multiplies rapidly deep inside wounds, that may cause "lock-jaw" (p. 34)
  9. 19. "white blood cells" that act as a clean up squad, able to swim through extra fluid in swollen skin tissues to eat up dead cells and dirt in the wound (p. 22)