What is a scar?

Many people know that under the word "scar"means part of the stomach of ruminant animals. In cattle, this part of the stomach, consisting of smooth muscle fibers, is very large.

Other meanings of the word "scar"

Scar in medicine is a compacted formationconnective tissue. It is formed after damage or in case of inflammation, when the tissue begins to regenerate. For example, such a scar can arise after the ulcer has healed in the duodenum. In addition, the scar is formed on the heart muscle after a heart attack or after healing the most common wound on the skin. About ways of elimination of scars read in the article How to get rid of scars.

Scars are atrophic and hypertrophic. Unlike usual scar tissue does not have such high functionality, although it consists of collagen. For example, the hair does not grow on the rumen, since follicles and sweat glands have not been restored at this site.

It is interesting that the scar, which forms on the heart after a heart attack, does not participate in the reduction, because of what a person develops heart failure.