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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiol Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Jan 20;7(1):5–16. doi: 10.26502/fccm.92920302

Figure 3:

Figure 3:

Different phases of an injury and wound healing process. A. Normal skin having epi- dermis and dermis. B. Injury and blood flow to the site of injury. C. After injury, a clot is formed to prevent blood loss. The macrophages promote tissue remodeling and col III level starts increasing at this stage. D. Contraction of wound and scab formation. E. The maturation of tissue results in formation of scar tissue because of remodeling of the ECM where col III is replaced by col I. F. Restoration of normal skin after wound healing.