Terms continued

Can have an odor and be of any color.

A linear opening of skin which extends into the dermis. Ex: cracking of the skin.

The result of drying of plasma or cellular exudate on the skin

Over a large area

Long

Rounded. Ex: ringworm

Thick, leathery necrotic tissue. Black or brown color. Can be loose, firm, hard, soft, or boggy (squishy)

Loose, stringy necrotic tissue. White, yellow, tan, brown or green. Loose or firm. Chicken fat looking.

An active process that fills the wound with new tissue, collagen by the fibroblasts and new blood vessels.

Pink-red

Smooth and velvety

Scar tissue.

Epidermal cell migration within the cell occurs at the site of hair follicles and at the wound edges.

Passive and malnourished.

Pink pearls in the wound bed

• A plasma protein formed by the liver.
• Responsible for much of the colloidal osmotic pressure of the blood. Important in regulating the exchange between plasma and cells.

Smell

Complete or partial loss of language including understanding speech, reading, speaking, and writing. Does NOT effect intelligence. Common brain damage due from a CVA

a stroke

Brocca's motor or Nonfluent aphasia. Limited speech, slow, halting. Knows what wants to say but can't find words. Writing can be same or more impairs then speech.

Nonfluent Aphasia

• Wernicke's sensory or fluent aphasia. 
• Speech that is well articulated, fast and makes no sense. Impaired auditory comprehension. Difficulty understanding spoken and written words- Reception & Receiving. Don't understand they have an issue.

Fluent Aphasia

difficulties finding words by less than expressing aphasia. Naming an object is hard.

Damage to both Brocca's and Wernike's areas. No speech and can't read or write. Meaningless and recurrent sounds- trying to talk but can't.

Group of speech disorders resulting from disturbance of motor control, weakness, paralysis, or incoordination of oral musculature.

Difficulty saying words clearly, slurred and heavy speech. Trouble swallowing.

Damage to the CNS PNS

Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to light & Accommodation.

The circulation and gas exchange in the lungs that is basic to respiration.

the regulation of temperature within the body.

A basal part of the brain that lies beneath the thalamus on each side and regulates vital autonomic actions.

The rate at which heat is given off by an organism at complete rest.

Movement in a gas or liquid in which the warmer parts move up and cooler parts move down.

A fever producing substance

An exceptionally high fever

A life-threatening condition marked by sweating, high body temp, and collapse that results from long exposure to high heat.

A condition marked by weakness, nausea, dizziness, and profuse sweating resulting from physical exertion in a hot environment

A subnormal body temp-cold.

Loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage.

Difficult or labored respiration.

Increased rate of respiration

A harsh vibrating sound heard during respiration in cases of obstruction of the air passages.

A dark greenish color mass that accumulates in the bowel during fetal life and discharged shortly after birth.

Absence or defection exertion of the urine

Difficult or painful discharge of urine.

Urination at night

Reduced urine output

Excessive secretion of urine.

Containing, consisting of, a puss type discharge

Distended with

A bedsore

A common rash in neonates. Appears in newborn 2-5 days after birth.

Occurs along the crease between the buttocks. (dimple before buttcrack)

Doesn't have a fever.

Blood is deficient in RBC, Hemoglobin, or total volume

Acute or chronic disorder that affects the mucous membranes and underlying tissues and marked by rapid swelling, large welts, and pain.

Not breathing.

Abnormal fatty deposits and fibrosis of the inner layer of the arteries.

A diminished or absent Korotkoff sounds during a manual BP.

Abnormal pattern of breathing by groups of quick, shallow inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea.

Cycles of respirations that are increasingly deeper then shallower with possible periods of apnea.

A condition marked by abnormal concentrations of lipids or lipoproteins in the blood.

Abnormal rhythm of the brain or heart.

Having a fever.

Excessive rate and depth of respiration leading to abnormal loss of CO2 from the blood.

A deficiency of O2 reaching the tissues of the blood.

Deficient ventilation of the lungs that results in low O2

Abnormal deep, rapid, labored breathing that occurs as an involuntary response to severe acidosis. Ex: diabetes or kidney failure.

A condition marked by an abnormal increase in the number of circulating RBC

To load in advance

The difference in a minutes time between the number of beats of the heart and number of beats of the pulse observes in diseases of the heart.

Abnormal elevation in body temp.

Immature RBC