Prefixes & Suffixes
What kind of exercise includes walking, running, or biking to help your heart and lungs?
What is cardio?
This muscular organ pumps blood through arteries and veins.
What is the heart?
This person helps take care of patients, checks their temperature, and gives medicine.
What is a nurse?
This contagious illness causes an itchy rash with red spots and was common in children before the varicella vaccine.
What is chickenpox?
This common abbreviation stands for "blood pressure."
What is BP?
Which muscles do you work mainly when you do push-ups?
What are the chest muscles?
This organ in your head controls memory, movement, and thoughts.
What is the brain?
This person fills your prescription and gives you medicine at the pharmacy.
What is a pharmacist?
This chronic condition affects the way your body processes sugar (glucose) and includes Type 1 and Type 2.
What is diabetes?
If you're sick, a doctor might check your "HR." What does "HR" stand for?
What is heart rate?
What do you call the amount of times you lift or do an exercise in a row before resting?
What is a set?
You have two of these organs that take in oxygen and remove carbon dioxide.
What are the lungs?
This person talks with people to help with stress, feelings, or mental health problems.
What is a therapist?
This condition causes wheezing and shortness of breath due to narrowing of the airways, often triggered by allergens or exercise.
What is asthma?
This abbreviation means "as soon as possible"—doctors might use it when time matters.
What is ASAP?
What is it called when you do hard exercise for a short time, then rest, then repeat?
What is interval training?
This organ filters blood and produces bile to help digest fats.
What is the liver?
This person helps in emergencies, like car accidents, and takes people to the hospital fast.
What is an EMT?
This is the medical term for high blood pressure, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
What is hypertension?
This short form refers to a doctor of medicine.
What is an MD?
What do you call it when your muscles can keep working for a long time without getting tired?
What is muscle endurance?
This organ makes insulin and enzymes for digestion.
What is the pancreas?
This person gives shots and checks to make sure your skin stays healthy.
What is a dermatologist?
This painful condition occurs when stomach acid flows back into the esophagus, often called heartburn.
What is acid reflux or GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)?
"CPR" is an emergency life-saving procedure. What does CPR stand for?
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation?