Prefixes
This prefix means above or excessive.
What is hyper-?
This abbreviation stands for Blood Pressure.
What is BP?
This suffix means inflammation.
What is -itis?
This blood vessel carries blood away from the heart.
What is an artery?
This organ is primarily responsible for gas exchange.
What are the lungs?
A patient has bradycardia. Which prefix tells you the heart rate is slow?
What is brady-?
Measures the number of breaths a patient takes each minute.
What is RR?
The word cardiology ends with this suffix meaning the study of.
What is -logy?
A patient has a blood pressure of 160/100. What is the number of the systolic pressure?
160 = systolic
This organ filters waste from the blood and produces urine.
What are the kidneys?
Which prefix belongs in each medical term?
Tachy-
Hypo-
This abbreviation stands for Heart Rate.
What is HR?
In the word appendectomy, identify the suffix meaning surgical removal.
What is -ectomy?
A patient's heart rate is 42 beats per minute. Using medical terminology, identify the term that describes the heart rate.
What is bradycardia?
The physician documents tenderness in the cephalic region. Which part of the body is being examined?
What is the head?
Which prefix does NOT belong?
hyper
tachy
brady
itis
What is itis?
A patient's fever is determined by measuring this vital sign.
What is T (temperature)?
Identify the suffix and its meaning in each of the following medical terms:
A patient complains of chest pain. The provider orders an ECG to evaluate the electrical activity of the heart. What does ECG stand for?
What is an electrocardiogram?
A patient is diagnosed with hepatomegaly. Which organ is enlarged?
What is the liver?
A patient has the following vital signs:
Which medical prefix describes the vital sign that is abnormal?
A patient's chart reads: 132/83, 24 breaths/min, 95 beats/min. Name the three abbreviations used to document these findings.
What are BP, RR, and HR?
A patient has been diagnosed and for Gastritis and Neuralgia. He has a cardiac consultation and scheduled appendectomy. Which of his procedures involves a surgical removal?
What is appendectomy?
Blood has just entered the heart from the inferior and superior vena cava. Trace the path of blood in the correct order as it travels though the heart and lungs.
Right Atrium → Right Ventricle → Lungs → Left Atrium → Left Ventricle?
A patient is in a motor vehicle accident. The provider is concerned about injuries to the cranial, thoracic, and abdominal cavities. Name the primary organ found in each cavity.
Cranial = Brain
Thoracic = Heart or lungs
Abdominal = Liver, stomach, intestines