Wound healing
Wound healing is an overlapping biological process involving hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and tissue remodeling.
Open interactive lesson & self-check ↗Acute inflammation and leukocyte recruitment
Original conceptual SVG · scalableSimplified vascular inflammatory response; mediator families and tissue context are not exhaustively drawn.
Hemostasis and inflammation
Platelets and coagulation form an initial seal; inflammatory cells remove debris and coordinate subsequent repair.
Proliferation
Fibroblasts synthesize extracellular matrix, new vessels develop and epithelial cells migrate to cover the wound.
Remodeling
Collagen organization and tensile strength change over time; healed tissue typically does not regain all characteristics of uninjured tissue.
Reference and next reading
Explore the original curriculum and publisher-hosted resources for full-depth reading; this note is an original schematic introduction, not an exhaustive chapter.