A sunburn typically only affects the epidermal layer of the skin, causing it to be red and irritated, inflamed.  However, no blistering, no scarring, and total healing in a few days.  This is an example of a ____________________ burn.

Deep tissue wounds like pressure sores that go very deep into the skin sometimes heal badly, with small rounded masses called _____________ arising from new blood vessles, fibroblasts, and blood cells.  These masses must be abraided or scraped away for true healing to result.

You pierce the skin with a needle, and the needle passes through the Stratum Corneum, Stratum lucidum layers.  Which layer is beneath Stratum lucidum?

The mitotically active area of the nailbed from which new keratinocytes are continuously formed.

When someone is suffering from hyperthermia, the body’s main response is to vaso-_______________, which reduces blood pressure.  If a person doesn’t cool down, the body will repeatedly attempt to do this, which would lead to lower and lower blood pressure, higher heart rate, and ultimately cardiovascular shock.

Which tissue type, by definition, is found laying ‘on top of’ other tissues, and has a free apical surface?

Compact bone has an alternate name based on it’s anatomy in long bone.  That alternate name is….

A therapist is reviewing the patient’s chart.  The physician’s documentation notes decreased resonance to percussion, auscultated crackles, and an infiltrate noted on the x-ray.  The patient has a fever and increased white blood cell count.  What potential diagnosis could the RT expect to be confirmed by the physician?

The radiology report states that the patient has a significant atelectasis in the right lung field.  What would the Respiratory Therapist expect to be noted regarding the mediastinum? 

It is noted that a patient has vesicular breath sounds bilaterally that are increased in sound over the trachea.  What does this indicate?