WCC Exam 346 Questions with Verified Answers,100% CORRECT
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WCC Exam 346 Questions with Verified Answers
Abscess - CORRECT ANSWER localized collection of pus in any part of the body
Acute wound - CORRECT ANSWER created traumatically or surgically and usually requires limited wound care. **heals in a timely and uncomplicated manner
Altered tissue pe...
WCC Exam 346 Questions with Verified Answers
Abscess - CORRECT ANSWER localized collection of pus in any part of the body
Acute wound - CORRECT ANSWER created traumatically or surgically and usually
requires limited wound care. **heals in a timely and uncomplicated manner
Altered tissue perfusion - CORRECT ANSWER when oxygenated blood does not
flow freely through the vessels to the tissue
ABI - CORRECT ANSWER vascular assessment technique which determines ration
of ankle to the brachial systolic BP with the aid of a hand held Doppler: ankle
systolic pressure
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brachial systolic pressure
Avascular - CORRECT ANSWER lacking in blood supply, dead, nonviable, necrotic.
types include slough and eschar.
cellulitis - CORRECT ANSWER inflammation of tissue around a lesion,
characterized by redness, swelling, and tenderness. signifies a spreading
infectious process.
clinical practice guideline - CORRECT ANSWER often based on a consensus
statement and always requires some type of peer review to be established.
usually developed by professional societies, or gvmt agencies
clean wound - CORRECT ANSWER wound free of devitalized tissue, purulent
drainage, foreign materials, or debris.
collagen - CORRECT ANSWER main supportive protein of skin, tendon bone
cartilage and connective tissue
,colonized - CORRECT ANSWER presence of bacteria that cause no local or
systemic s/sx
contraction - CORRECT ANSWER the pulling together of wound edges in the
healing process
dead space - CORRECT ANSWER a defect or cavity
dehiscence - CORRECT ANSWER the parting of the sutured lips of a surgical wound
can be caused by skin weakness caused by corticosteroid use
demarcated - CORRECT ANSWER to mark or determine the limits of ;
denude - CORRECT ANSWER loss of epidermis
dermis - CORRECT ANSWER the inner layer of skin in which hair follicles and sweat
glands originate. involved in stage 2-4 pressure ulcers.
enzymes - CORRECT ANSWER biochemical substances that is capable of breaking
down necrotic tissue
enzymatic debridement - CORRECT ANSWER liquefaction of necrotic wound
debris by chemical agents
epibole - CORRECT ANSWER the growing of one part about another. dorsal lip
area during gastrulation. rolled wound edges
epidermis - CORRECT ANSWER outer cell layer of skin
epithelialization - CORRECT ANSWER regeneration of the epidermis across wound
surface
erythema - CORRECT ANSWER redness of the skins surface produced by
vasodilation
, excoriation - CORRECT ANSWER linear scratches on skin
exuberant granulation - CORRECT ANSWER formation of excessive amounts of
granulation that may protrude above the wound margins
exudate - CORRECT ANSWER fluid that leaks from injured tissue
fascia - CORRECT ANSWER a band or sheet of fibrous tissue that protects and
connects muscle and organs
fibrin - CORRECT ANSWER an insoluble protein formed by fibrinogen by the
proteolytic action of thrombin essential in blood clotting
fibrinolysis - CORRECT ANSWER the enzymatic breakdown of fibrin
fibroblast - CORRECT ANSWER any cell or corpuscle from which connective tissue
is developed
fibroplasia - CORRECT ANSWER the formation of connective tissue
fluctuance - CORRECT ANSWER wave like motion indicating fluid
friabilty - CORRECT ANSWER crumbly, able to be easily reduced to powder or
crumbled
full thickness - CORRECT ANSWER wounds that extend through the epidemis and
entire dermis and possibly muscle or bone
granulation - CORRECT ANSWER growth of small blood vessels and connective
tissue in a full thickness wound
granulation tissue - CORRECT ANSWER healing tissue composed of newly formed
capillaries and fibroblasts
healing ridge - CORRECT ANSWER palpatory finding indicative of new collagen
synthesis. induration beneath the skin that extends 1m on each side of the
wound. evident 5-9 days after wounding. persists till 15d post wounding
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