Sentences with phrase «damage deeper tissues»

While first - degree burns only damage the outer layer of skin, second - degree and third - degree burns may damage deeper tissues.

Frostbite kills exposed skin but also damages deeper tissue by restricting blood vessels, preventing oxygen from reaching cells [see image above].

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Because the device is five to ten times thinner than the smallest commercially available microendoscopes, it can be pushed deeper into the brain tissue without causing significant damage.

Konradt used Penn Vet's multi-photon microscope, which allows them to peer deep into living tissues without damaging them, to try to witness the parasite's invasion in action.

MDI Biological Laboratory Associate Professor James A. Coffman, Ph.D., is studying the regenerative capacity of sea urchins in hopes that a deeper understanding of the process of regeneration, which governs the regeneration of aging tissues as well as lost or damaged body parts, will lead to a deeper understanding of the aging process in humans, with whom sea urchins share a close genetic relationship.

Radio attenuates very quickly with distance in tissue, so communicating with devices deep in the body would be difficult without using potentially damaging high - intensity radiation.

While you are experiencing Slow Wave Sleep (SWS) or deep sleep, your system generates human growth hormone (see: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0024320569900344), which helps repair damaged tissue.

These healing balms penetrate deep into your skin and tissues to relieve discomfort, heal damaged tissues and calm achy joints and muscles.

With smaller molecules of hyaluronic acid, Low Molecular HA Multi Depth Rehydration Booster is able to penetrate deeper and absorb easier to hydrate and repair damaged tissue and lock in moisture.

Cuts should always be evaluated by a veterinarian to treat for infection, and evaluate damage to deeper tissues.

Wounds that appear to only be simple puncture wounds can have deep damage and cause tearing of tissues under the skin.

Even if the burn seems small, some chemicals can cause damage to the deep tissues and affect the internal organs.

«Lacerations from sharp objects like glass can easily cause deep tissue damage such as severing vital tendons or arteries.

The Companion therapy laser system sends photons, or packets of light energy, deep into tissue without damaging it.

First, the teeth can sink deep into the underlying tissue causing damage and injecting bacteria from the mouth.

With less severe burns, the snake's scales will become discolored, turning dark brown or black; in more serious cases, blisters or deep tissue damage will develop.

Burns are typically classified by severity: first - degree burns that damage only the outer layer of skin; second - degree burns that damage the outer layer of skin and layer underneath; and third - degree burns that damage or destroy the deepest layer of skin and the tissues underneath.

Tendon damage, lacerations, deep muscle and tissue wounds, and disfigurement are frequently the consequences of dog bites, although some animal bites result in amputations, and in the worst cases, fatalities.

Third degree burns are the most severe and definitely require medical attention because they cause damage to deeper tissue.

Other forms of soft tissue damage include stress fractures, deep tissue bruising and ankles or wrists that were strained or sprained.

4th degree — Deep tissue burns that completely destroy the skin and sometimes damage muscle, fascia or bone