| A | B |
|---|
| Epithelium | Outer layer of skin |
| Dermis | Inner layer of skin that has hair follicles, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, blood vessels, & nerves |
| Granulation tissue | New tissue growth in a healing wound |
| Maceration | To become soft when soaked in fluid |
| Undermining | tissue loss is greater than the outside wound dimensions causing a cave like appearance |
| Tunneling | Tissue loss has caused a tube-like passage to form into and possibly, through the body |
| Eschar | Dead, necrotic tissue in a wound |
| Slough | Dead tissue separating from a wound (often fat) |
| Epibole | Overgrowth of epithelium that grows on the edges of the wound |
| Hemosiderin staining | Yellowish-brown pigment in skin due to breakdown of red blood cells |
| Lipodermatosclerosis | Hardening (fibrosis) of skin and fat tissue |
| Pitting edema | Swelling that depresses when compressed by a finger; staged by depth of depression and length of time required to refill |
| Dermatitis | Inflammation of the skin |
| Debridement | Removal of dead tissue from a wound |
