Wound healing MCQs 1 - 10

First 10 multiple choice questions relating to wound healing, including full explinations of the correct answers. Full text below for you to cut and paste if you want to. Asterix mark correct answer.

1. When a wound is healing by primary intent the advantages include;

Chose two answers

a. Fairly rapid healing *

b. Reduced risk of any foreign bodies being left in the wound

c. Minimisation of scar tissue formation *

d. Increased activity of interferon

e. Decreased risk of anaerobic infection

2. Which of the following statements are true with reference to wound healing by secondary intent?

Chose 3 answers

a. Reduced risk of anaerobic infection *

b. Increased risk of anaerobic infection

c. Wound healing is usually a slow process *

d. Wound healing is usually fairly rapid

e. Cosmetic results are often poor *

f. Cosmetic results are usually good

3. Which of the following features would suggest healing by primary intention is indicated?

Chose 3 answers

a. There is little tissue loss *

b. There is significant tissue loss

c. The wound is clean *

d. The edges of the wound may be approximated *

e. Granulation tissue is already present

4. Which of the following tissues will not mitotically regenerate?

Chose 2 answers

a. Skin

b. Muscle *

c. Nerve *

d. Bone

e. Connective

5. Which of the following are features of inflammation?

Chose 3 answers

a. Heat *

b. Mitosis

c. Meiosis

d. Redness *

e. Swelling *

6. What are the stages of wound healing in order of occurrence?

Chose 1 answer

a. Inflammatory, proliferation, destructive/migratory, maturation

b. Inflammatory, destructive/migratory, proliferation, maturation *

c. Destructive/migratory, inflammatory, proliferation, maturation

d. Destructive/migratory, inflammatory, proliferation, maturation, remoulding

e. Destructive/migratory, mitosis, inflammatory, proliferation, maturation

7. Which of the following are functions of histamine?

Chose 2 answers

a. Vasodilation *

b. Vasoconstriction

c. Increased capillary permeability *

d. Decreased capillary permeability

e. Localised analgesia

8. Which of the following cells types are not phagocytic?

Chose 1 answer

a. Monocytes

b. Neutrophils

c. Macrophages

d. Microphages

e. T Killer lymphocytes *

9. The function of fibroblasts is to;

Chose 1 answer

a. Breakdown scar tissue

b. Produce fibrous tissue *

c. Prevent multiplication of bacteria

d. Promote cell division in local tissue cells

e. Recognise non-self organisms

10. How may smoking adversely effect wound healing?

Chose 3 answers

a. By reducing protein catabolism

b. By increasing the amount of carboxyhaemoglobin in the blood *

c. By increasing the amount of oxyhaemoglobin in the blood

d. By interfering with normal vitamin C metabolism *

e. By direct vasoconstriction *