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SCIE 254
Week 11 Assignment
Human Health and Disease SCIE 254
Week 11 Assignment
An abrasion is a scraping or scuffing of the skin surface without full-thickness loss. A
contusion is a bruise, caused by crushing, dislocation, or disruption of subsurface tissue by a
blunt instrument that does not penetrate or break the surface. A laceration is a tear in the surface
caused by the shearing of tissue, leaving irregular, ragged wound margins. An incised wound is a
wound that is longer than it is deep, typically caused by sharp instruments such as a knife. A
hemothorax is a blood-filled pleural space.
A pneumothorax is air in the pleural space. Trauma is an injury caused by extrinsic
forces. An ulcer is a local excavation of an epithelium, such as skin or mucous membranes.
Cachexia is extreme muscle wasting, usually secondary to a chronic disease such as tuberculosis
or cancer. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is the administration of carbohydrates, lipids, salts,
proteins, and essential minerals and vitamins through the bloodstream. Body mass index (BMI)
is a measure of body fat based on height and weight. Bariatric surgery is a surgery to reduce the
size of the stomach to curb the appetite in obese patients.
There are three main types of injuries to the human body. Those injuries are identified as
mechanical injuries, thermal injuries, and radiation injuries. “Mechanical injuries are defined as
an injury to any portion of the body from a blow, crush, cut, or penetrating wound. The
complications of mechanical trauma are usually related to fracture, hemorrhage, and infection”
(Mechanical Trauma | Pathology, n.d.). “A thermal injury is defined as an occurrence when
energy is transferred from a heat source to the body, causing an increase in the temperature of
local tissue. When tissue temperature rises above a certain threshold, an irreversible cellular
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