Question

select the correct answer.
what kind of wound occurs when the skin scrapes against a hard surface and tiny blood vessels break in the outer layer of the skin?
a. abrasion
b. avulsion
c. laceration
d. puncture

Explanation:

This injury matches the definition of a contusion: it is a closed wound where the skin scrapes against a hard surface, damaging small superficial blood vessels without breaking the skin open. Abrasions remove the top skin layer, lacerations are deep, jagged cuts, and fractures are bone breaks.

Answer:

A. contusion