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What kind of wound occur when the skin scrapes against a hard surface and tiny blood vessels brake in the outer layer of the skin

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Puncture wounds would be when something punctures the skin, i. e., I stepped on a nail, giving me a puncture wound. When the skin scrapes against a hard surface and tiny blood vessels break in the outer layer of skin, this is called an "abrasion"

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