Wound Care Exam 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score (Newest 2025)
Skin Facts - Correct Answers ✅-Size: 2 square meters
-Weight: 15% TBW
-Recieves 1/3 of total circulation.-Largest Organ Skin Functions - Correct Answers ✅-Thermoregulation -Protection -Immunity -Sensation -Metabolism -Communication Epidermal Appendages (Skin) - Correct Answers ✅-Nails -Hair Follicles -Sweat glands Epidermis (Layers--superficial to deep) - Correct Answers ✅-Stratum corneum -stratum lucidum -stratum granulosum 1 / 4
Wound Care Exam 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score (Newest 2025) stratum spinosum -stratum basle Epidermis - Correct Answers ✅-Outermost layer -uniform thickness (except palms/soles = 0.06-0.6 mm) -Stratified squamos epithelial cells ( 20 cells thick; Very young/old have only 12)--> leads to more wounds -5 Layers Stratum Corneum - Correct Answers ✅-Top horny Layer -cells elongate -dead keratinized cells -sloughs off and is replaced by cells below Stratum Lucidum - Correct Answers ✅-Few Layers of dead keratinocytes Stratum Granulosum - Correct Answers ✅-3-5 layers of cells -Diamond Shaped Cells Stratum Spinosum - Correct Answers ✅-Prickly Layer -Cells have active nuclei 2 / 4
Wound Care Exam 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score (Newest 2025) Stratum Basale - Correct Answers ✅-AKA- Basal Layer (Stratum Germinativum) -Attached to dermis by basement membrane -Takes 2-4 weeks to migrate upward -Melanocytes Basement Membrane - Correct Answers ✅-Separates epidermis from dermis -Rete pegs - point up -Rete ridges - point down -Ancer epidermis to dermis -Flattens with age (leads to ski tears) Langerhans Cells - Correct Answers ✅-Produced in bone marrow -migrate to epidermis -Fight bacteria and viral fungal infection -Decrease with Age and UV exposure --> decrease immune function Papillary Dermis - Correct Answers ✅-Layer just below the basement membrane -Elastic Fibers 3 / 4
Wound Care Exam 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% score (Newest 2025) -Papillary loops provide nutrients to dermis Reticular Dermis - Correct Answers ✅-Forms base of dermis -Thick collagen fibers -Cutaneous blood vessels Important Dermal Cells - Correct Answers ✅-Fibroblasts -Macrophages -Mast Cells -Nerve Cells -Epidermal Appendages Fibroblasts (dermal cells) - Correct Answers ✅-produce collage and elastin -important for elasticity in would healing Macrophages and WBC (dermal cells) - Correct Answers ✅- Regulate Wound Repair process (fight infection) -Phagocytize bacteria -break down damage tissue -synthesize collagenase and elastase (enzymes that break down dead tissue)
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