Body tissues,11 body system, 6 types defence mechanisms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Connective tissue | bones, tendons and ligaments |
| Muscle tissue | allowe movements and pumpe blood, lymph,and other fluids |
| Nerve tissue | transmits messages from the brain and spinal cord to all of the peripheral parts of the body |
| Epithelial tissue | Skin covering the body and the lining inside organs and traks |
| 11 body systems | ... |
| Cardiovascular | pumps blood throughout the body via the heart and blood vessels |
| Digestive | transforms food to energy and eliminates solid waste |
| Endocrine | releases hormones into the blooddtream to control metabolism, growth, and reproduction |
| Excretory | also called urinary; removes waste products from the blood and expels it from the body |
| Immune | defends against all foreign substances |
| Integumentary | skin prevents moisture loss, regulates temperature, protects from sunburn, and senses pain, pressure, touch, hot and cold |
| Muscular | skeletal muscles move the body; smooth muscle works internal organs; cardiac muscle pumps blood |
| Reproductive | allows continuation of the human species and differentiates the sexes |
| Respiratory | gas exchange |
| Skeletal | support and shapes; protects internal organs; stores minerals; produces blood cells |
| Cartilage | flexible connective tissue attached to bones at joints |
| Ligament | Connects bone to bone |
| Tendon | connects muscle to bone |
| Neurons | are nerve cells that transmit nerve impulses throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems |
| Lymphatic system | is the body's main protection against disease |
| Blood path | the path of blood through the kidney and the path of urine to the outside world |
| Defence mechanism | is a way to cope with anxiety. A defence mechanism protects the concious mind from intense feelings and throughts. |
| The 6 types of defence mechanisms are: | ... |
| Rationalization | the patient justifies an attitude or behevior to make it acceptable or tolerable |
| Denial | the patient fefuses to consciously accept unpleasant realities or feelings |
| Repression | the patient keeps unpleasant throughts out of his/her conscious mind |
| Projection | the patient attributes his own unpleasant throught to another person and refuses to acknowledge it as his own |
| Rejection | the patient abnormally refuses affection to another person |
| Reaction | the patient has a heightened response to unpleasant change |
| HIPAA | stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HIPAA's Title1 Regulates healthcare accessibility, especially in the cases of job change or loss; Title 2 regulates patient privacy rights. |
| ADA | Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. |
| CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment (CLIA) of 1988: Private reserch labs are exempt |
| CMS | all other laboratories are controlled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaide (CMS) and must: |
| OSHA | the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health of Administration (OSHA) set standards for: |
| DEA | stands for Drug Enforcement Agency |
| IRS | stands for Internal Revenue Service. It responcible for tax collection and tax law enforcement |
| MPI | Master patient index is a database associating the patient's name with his/her unique identifier |
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