COMLEX Osteopathic Medicine

Category - Tissue Trauma

During the healing or inflammatory process of wound healing, how does the body remove debris from the injured area?
  1. The debris is cleared only with outside intervention
  2. The debris is cleared by specialized white blood cells
  3. The debris gets removed by red blood cells
  4. The debris is dissolved in the skin
Explanation
Answer - B - During the inflammatory process, debris is removed from the injured area by macrophages, which are specialized white blood cells that envelope the debris as a way of cleaning the area. Of course this works well without intervention for minor wounds, but for more extensive damage, outside intervention, including cleaning of the wound, also helps avoid infection.
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