Wound Healing Practice Flashcards

Vocab flashcards covering wound types and their clinical descriptions based on the lecture matching exercise.

Abrasion

Scrape

Laceration

Cut or tear

Contusion

Bruise

Chronic wound

Persists for an extended period

Puncture

Penetrating wound

Clean wound

Incision made, sutured, heals by first intention

Complicated wound

Tissue is lost/destroyed or contains a foreign body

Contaminated wound

Dirty object damages skin

Thermal wound

Occurs by heat or cold that can be chemical

Closed wound

Skin intact with damage to underlying tissue