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Medical Terminology
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Combining Forms
1. angio
vessel
2. aorto
aorta
[aortic]
3. arterio
artery
[arterial]
(carry blood away from heart)
4. athero
yellowish, fatty plaque
5. atrio
atrium
[atrial]
(top chambers of the heart)
6. cardio
heart
[cardiac]
7. echo
sound
8. electro
electricity, electrical activity
9. ischo
deficiency, of blood flow
10. lymphadeno
lymph node
11. lympho
lymph
12. myel/o
bone marrow
13. phlebo
vein
(carry blood toward heart)
14. plasmo
plasma
15. spleno
spleen
16. thermo
heat
17. thrombo
clot
18. thymo
thymus gland
19. valvo
valve
20. valvulo
valve
[valvular]
21. veno
vein
[venous]
[splenic]
(carry blood toward heart)
22. ventriculo
ventricle
[ventricular]
(lower chambers of the heart)
Prefixes
23. brady
slow
24. pan
all
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Suffixes
25. ac
pertaining to
26. apheresis
removal
27. penia
abnormal reduction in number of blood cells
28. poiesis
formation
29. sclerosis
hardening
Terms to Add:
1. antibiotic
drug that TX bacterial infections
2. palpation
to assess with the use of fingertips
3. palpitations
patient’s awareness of irregular heart beat
4. pyrexia
fever
5. febrile
pertaining to fever; caused by fever
6. afebrile
pertaining to without fever
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Vital Signs
1.
Temperature – obtained by a thermometer, (normal – 98.6° oral)
May be taken orally, axillary (armpit), tympanic (ear) or rectally.
2.
Pulse – the number of heart beats in a minute, (60-100 for adult). The pulse may be palpated
(felt) at any pulse point (usually radial artery in wrist area). The pulse may also be auscultated
(heard with stethoscope) over the chest wall at the apex (bottom point) of the heart.
Determining the pulse at the apex is referred to as an apical pulse.
3.
Respiration – the number of breaths in a minute, (12-20 for adult). The movement of the
chest (and sometimes abdomen) is counted while the patient is quiet. One breath in
(inspiration), and one breath out (expiration) equals one respiration. The sounds of breathing
may be auscultated by placing the stethoscope over the chest wall.
4.
Blood pressure – pressure within arteries, (140-90 is the beginning of hypertension). Blood
pressure is usually auscultated at the brachial artery (arm with BP cuff, sphygmomanometer
(gauge), and stethoscope.
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