NURS 2063 Chapter 3 Questions with
Answers
What are the three lines of defense in the body? - ✔✔First: Skin and mucous membranes;
Second: Inflammatory response; Third: Immune response.
What triggers acute inflammation? - ✔✔Tissue injury.
What are the goals of inflammation? - ✔✔Increase blood flow to the site, prepare for tissue
repair, and increase healing cells at the site.
What is the vascular response in inflammation? - ✔✔Facilitated by chemical mediators, it
induces vasodilation and increases capillary permeability to enhance blood flow to the injured
area.
What are the cardinal signs of inflammation? - ✔✔Swelling, heat, redness, pain, and loss of
function.
What are local manifestations of inflammation? - ✔✔Heat, incapacitation, pain, edema, and
redness.
What are systemic manifestations of inflammation? - ✔✔Fever and increased circulating
leukocytes and plasma proteins.
What are the phases of healing and tissue repair? - ✔✔Inflammatory phase, proliferative
phase, and remodeling phase.
What are common complications of healing? - ✔✔Infection, ulceration, dehiscence, keloids,
and adhesions.
Answers
What are the three lines of defense in the body? - ✔✔First: Skin and mucous membranes;
Second: Inflammatory response; Third: Immune response.
What triggers acute inflammation? - ✔✔Tissue injury.
What are the goals of inflammation? - ✔✔Increase blood flow to the site, prepare for tissue
repair, and increase healing cells at the site.
What is the vascular response in inflammation? - ✔✔Facilitated by chemical mediators, it
induces vasodilation and increases capillary permeability to enhance blood flow to the injured
area.
What are the cardinal signs of inflammation? - ✔✔Swelling, heat, redness, pain, and loss of
function.
What are local manifestations of inflammation? - ✔✔Heat, incapacitation, pain, edema, and
redness.
What are systemic manifestations of inflammation? - ✔✔Fever and increased circulating
leukocytes and plasma proteins.
What are the phases of healing and tissue repair? - ✔✔Inflammatory phase, proliferative
phase, and remodeling phase.
What are common complications of healing? - ✔✔Infection, ulceration, dehiscence, keloids,
and adhesions.
