Medical Terminology Simplified

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5–23 Form singular words from the following plural words. Apply the rule that
was covered in Frame 5–20.

Plural Singular
bacteria ____________________
septa ____________________
atria ____________________
cardia ____________________

5–24 The prefix tachy-is used in words to mean rapid.

Tachy/cardia is a heart rate that is ____________________.

5–25 Tachy/pnea refers to rapid breathing; tachy/phagia refers to rapid

swallowing, or ____________________ ____________________.

5–26 The prefix brady-is used in words to mean slow.People with symptoms of
brady/cardia commonly have difficulty pumping an adequate supply of blood to the
tissues of the body.
The medical term that literally means slow heartis
____________________ / ____________________.

5–27 Form medical words that literally mean

slow breathing:____________________ / __________
slow eating:____________________ / ____________________

5–28 Construct medical words that mean
rapid breathing:____________________ / __________
rapid eating:____________________ / ____________________

5–29 Review the chambers and structures of the heart (see Fig. 5–3) by writing
the abbreviation for the
right atrium:__________

left atrium:__________

right ventricle:__________
left ventricle:__________

interventricular septum:__________

Frame 5–17to Frame 5–29

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bacterium


băk-TĒ-rē-ŭm


septum


SĔP-tŭm


atrium


Ā-trē-ŭm


cardium


KĂR-dē-ŭm


rapid


rapid eating


brady/cardia


brād-ē-KĂR-dē-ă


RA


LA


RV


LV


IVS


brady/pnea


brād-ĭp-NĒ-ă


brady/phagia


brād-ē-FĂ-jē-ă


tachy/pnea


tăk-ĭp-NĒ-ă


tachy/phagia


tăk-ē-FĂ-jē-ă

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