Medical Terminology
This is the medical prefix that means "white".
What is "leuko"?
What is the pressure your blood is pushing against your artery walls when the heart beats?
These are the two categories that carbohydrates are broken down into.
What are simple and complex carbohydrates?
This is the normal resting heart rate for adults.
What is 60-100 beats per minute?
This is the range for resting respiratory rate in adults.
What is 12-20 breaths per minute?
This is the medical root that means muscle.
What is "myo"?
This is commonly referred to as the normal/perfect blood pressure.
What is 120/80 mm/hg?
This is a waxy substance that can build up in the body and is created to help break down lipids.
What is cholesterol?
These are the five vital signs that should always be obtained and recorded for each patient.
What is/are heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and oxygen saturation/blood oxygen level/SPO2?
This is the medical suffix meaning to remove (usually surgically).
What is "ectomy"?
This is the medical suffix that means disease.
What is "pathy"?
This is the term to describe the resting phase of the heart.
What is diastole?
This nutrient is composed of amino acids and helps create antibodies and new tissues.
What is protein?
This is the name of the artery/pulse found near the midline of the neck.
What is the carotid artery?
These are the three types of blood vessels.
What are arteries, veins, and capillaries?
What is fast respiratory rate (or fast breathing)?
When taking a manual blood pressure, this is the first heart beat you hear and this is the last heart beat you hear.
What is the systolic pressure and the diastolic pressure?
This nutrient helps healthy teeth and gums, helps the body absorb iron, maintain healthy tissue, and is essential for wound healing.
What is vitamin C?
This is the name of the artery/pulse that should be used to check for a pulse on infants.
What is the brachial artery?
This is the medical term meaning to examine by listening.
What is auscultation?
Based on medical prefix, roots, and suffix this is the medical term for "inflammation around the heart".
What is pericarditis?
This is the actual term for a blood pressure cuff/set.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
This nutrient is part of hemoglobin (protein in RBCs) found in red blood cells that carries oxygen in the body; needed for energy metabolism.
A resting heart of 30 beats per minute would be described as this (medical terminology).
What is bradycardia?
Patient scenario: You obtain and record a manual blood pressure for your adult patient and determine it is 90/55. This is the medical term used to describe this blood pressure to other medical professionals.
What is hypotension?