Medical Terminology Simplified

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