Volume 4 Chapter 5

Skin, consisting of the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous layers

• Epidermis
• Dermis
• Subcutaneous tissue

Outermost layer of the skin comprised of dead or dying cells

Fatty secretion of the sebaceous gland that helps keep the skin pliable and waterproof

True skin, also called the corium. Layer of tissue producing the epidermis and housing structures, blood vessels, and nerves associated with the skin.

Glands within the dermis secreting sebum

Glands within the dermis that secrete sweat

Immune system cell that has the ability to recognize and ingest foreign pathogens. Some are housed in the dermis

White blood cell that specializes in humoral immunity and antibody formation. Some are housed in the dermis

Layer of fatty tissue beneath the dermis

Opening or space within a needle, artery, vein or other hollow vessel

• Tunica Intima- smooth interior lining
• Tunica Media- muscular component of vessel
• Tinica Adventitia- connective tissue limiting the vessels dilation

Contractile tissue organized in large bundles that provides locomotion and movement for the body

Long, thin, very strong collagen tissues that connect muscle to bone

Fibrous sheets that bundle skeletal muscle masses together and segregate then from one another

Natural patterns in the surface of the skin revealing tensions within

• Contusions
• Hematomas
• Crush injuries

Closed wound in which the skin is unbroken although damage has occured in to the tissue immediately beneath

General reddening of the skin due to dilation of the superficial capillaries

Blue-black discoloration of the skin due to leakage of blood into the tissues

Collection of blood beneath the skin or trapped within a body compartment

Mechanism of injury in which tissue is locally compressed by high-pressure forces

Systemic disorder of severe metabolic disturbances resulting from the crush of a limb or other body part

• Abrasions
• Lacerations
• Incisions
• Punctures
• Impaled objects
• Amputations

Scraping or abrading away of the superficial layer of the skin. An open soft-tissue injury

An open wound, normally a tear with jagged borders

Very smooth or surgical laceration freqently caused by a knife, scalpel, razor blade or glass

Specific soft-tissue injury involving a deep, narrow wound to the skin and underlying organs that carries and increased risk of infection

Forein body embedded in a wound

Forceful tearing away or seperation of body tissue. Partial or complete

Avulsion in which the skin is torn off the underlying muscle, tissue, blood vessels and bone

Severance, removal or detachment either partial or complete, of a body part

• Hemostasis
• Inflammation
• Epithelialization
• Neovascularization
• Collagen synthesis

Body's natural ability to stop bleeding, the ability to clot blood

Complex process of local cellular and biochemical changes as a consequence of injury or infection. Early stage of healing

Chemicals released by white blood cells that attract more white blood cells to an area of inflammation

White blood cells charged with the purpose of neutralizing foreign bacteria

Process in which a cell surrounds and absorbs a bacterium or other particle

Early stage of wound healing in which epithelial cells migrate over the surface of the wound

New growth of capillaries in response to healing

Tough, strong protein that comprises most of the body's connective tissue

Specialized cells that form collagen

Stage in the wound healing process in which collagen is broken down and relaid in an orderly fashion

Inflammation of the lymph channels, usually as a result of a distal infection

Deep-space infection usually caused by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfringens.

A cellular component of blood similiar to plasma

Muscle ischemia that is caused by rising pressures within an anatomical fascial space

A formation resulting from overproduction of scar tissue

Tissue death, usually from ischemia

Acute pathological process that involves destruction of skeletal muscle

• Dressings
• -Sterile/non-sterile
• -Occlusive/non-occlusive
• -Adherent/non-adherent
• -Absorbent/non-absorbent
• -Wet/dry
• Bandages
• -Self-adherent roller
• -Gauze
• -Adhesive
• -Elastic
• -Triangular