Across
- 2. Course or path of tissue destruction occurring in any direction from the surface or edge of the wound; results in dead space with potential for potential abscess formation.
- 5. Area of tissue destruction extending under intact skin along the periphery of the wound; commonly seen in shear injuries.
- 9. A type of skin staining characterized by yellowish-brown, iron-containing, granular pigment, associated with bleeding and the breakdown of red blood cells.
- 10. Abnormal redness of skin due to inflammation.
- 12. Black or brown necrotic, devitalized tissue, may be hard, soft and loosely or firmly adherent.
- 13. Skin that tears, bruises or breaks easily.
- 14. Abnormal firmness of tissue.
- 15. Soft, moist avascular (necrotic/devitalized) tissue. It may be white, yellow, tan or green; it may be loose, stringy or firmly adherent.
Down
- 1. Thin, watery drainage fluid.
- 3. The pink/red, moist tissue composed of new blood vessels, connective tissue, fibroblasts, and inflammatory cells, which fills an open wound when it starts to heal; typically appears deep pink or red with an irregular, granular surface.
- 4. Tissue that is spongey/mushy due to high fluid content.
- 6. The process of becoming covered with or converted to epithelium. The new epithelial cells advance across the wound until they eventually meet epithelial cells moving in from the opposite direction.
- 7. Loss of superficial skin layers, often caused by excessive moisture.
- 8. Thick or thin, opaque yellowish-white fluid. Composed of dead white blood cells, tissue debris and bacteria; formed as part of an inflammatory response.
- 11. Over hydration of the skin characterized by a white “waterlogged” appearance. Softening of tissue by soaking in fluids.