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What is an ulcer and what is the difference between a superficial and a deep ulcer?
An ulcer is a gastric condition that eats away and creates holes in the protective lining of the stomach or intestine. It acts and appears like a crater.*WebMD*
Superficial (in the most simplest of terms) means on top of the skin and/or outer most layer. For example, a raised mole would be considered a superficial imperfection of the skin. A deep layer ulcer would mean that the ailment has become so bad that it has penetrated the deepest layers of the stomach/intestine (even esophagus) and caused internal bleeding.
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What is the difference between a deep muscle and a superficial muscle?
A deep muscle is deeper in the body and a superficial muscle is closer to the surface.
What is the difference between the superficial and deep wound?
Superficial and deep sternal woundinfection after more than 9000 coronary artery bypass ...The results showed no significant difference betweenthe three groupsMore importantly, what isthe difference between a 2 point bruise, and a 4 point cut? ... wound, 2 minor cuts, and one serious cut. The superficial wound ...
What is the different between a deep burn and superficial burn?
On a superficial burn, the nerve endings are still there. In deep burns they are gone.
Directional term is the opposite of deep?
What is the opposite of deep
What is the opposite medical term of deep?
The opposite of deep is superficial. A small paper cut is superficial.
Is the basilic vein deep or superficial?
Superficial
Is skin superficial or deep to the muscles below it?
Skin is superficial to muscles. Superficial means above, while deep means below. So muscles are deep to skin and dermis is superficial to muscle tissue.
What is the difference between superficial lymphatics and the deep lymphatics?
Superficial lymphatics are located closer to the surface of the skin and drain lymph from the skin and underlying tissues, while deep lymphatics are located deeper within the body and drain lymph from the muscles, joints, and organs. Deep lymphatics also play a role in transporting lymph to the central lymphatic channels in the body.
Is the sternocledomastoid muscle superficial or deep?
It depends on what you are comparing it to. It is deep to the skin and platysma. And it is superficial to the scalenes.
Are the bones superficial or deep to the skin?
deep
Is the skin superficial to muscles below it?
No, the hypodermis is deep to the dermis. The dermis is superficial to the hypodermis.
The opposite of superficial is?
deep
