WOCN #2 UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
allodynia - ✔✔pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain
arteriosclerosis - ✔✔term for several conditions in which there is thickening, hardening
and loss of elasticity of the walls of blood vessels, especially arteries
atrophie blanche - ✔✔dermal sclerosis , dilated abnormal vasculature, ivory-white
plaques on the ankle or foot and hemosiderin pigmented borders
autolysis - ✔✔disintegration of cells by the body's own mechanism
e.g. leukocytes and enzymes
biofilm - ✔✔polysaccharide matrix that microorganisms live and produce in. bacteria in
biofilm send signals to other bacteria in the community to change phenotype. resistant to
antimicrobials. must be removed by debridement
callus - ✔✔common usually painless thickening of the skin at locations of pressure,
friction or repetitive stress
claudication - ✔✔inadequate blood supply that produces severe pain in calf muscles
during walking subsides with rest
cellulitis - ✔✔inflammation of tissue around a lesion
redness, swelling and tenderness
signifies spreading infectious process
collagen - ✔✔main supportive protein of skin, tendon, bone, cartilage and connective
tissue
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
allodynia - ✔✔pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain
arteriosclerosis - ✔✔term for several conditions in which there is thickening, hardening
and loss of elasticity of the walls of blood vessels, especially arteries
atrophie blanche - ✔✔dermal sclerosis , dilated abnormal vasculature, ivory-white
plaques on the ankle or foot and hemosiderin pigmented borders
autolysis - ✔✔disintegration of cells by the body's own mechanism
e.g. leukocytes and enzymes
biofilm - ✔✔polysaccharide matrix that microorganisms live and produce in. bacteria in
biofilm send signals to other bacteria in the community to change phenotype. resistant to
antimicrobials. must be removed by debridement
callus - ✔✔common usually painless thickening of the skin at locations of pressure,
friction or repetitive stress
claudication - ✔✔inadequate blood supply that produces severe pain in calf muscles
during walking subsides with rest
cellulitis - ✔✔inflammation of tissue around a lesion
redness, swelling and tenderness
signifies spreading infectious process
collagen - ✔✔main supportive protein of skin, tendon, bone, cartilage and connective
tissue
