Specify the Accurate Medical Terminology for the Following Flashcards

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Which of the following terms has a suffix that indicates action
Infarction
Which of the following is a root that means breathe?
Respir-
Which of the following elements is the root for the word perinatal?
Nat
In the term diagnosis, what is the prefix and what does the prefix mean?
The prefix is dia- and it means complete
In the term gastric, what is the suffix and what does the suffix mean?
The suffix is -ic and it means pertaining to
Which of the following suffixes means record?
-gram
The meaning of pulmonology
The study of the lungs
Choose the term that means the structure around the heart
Pericardium
Sudden blockage of an artery is called
Infarction
The meaning of intravenous
Inside a vein
Which of the following terms is the correct insertion to finish the sentence?
The patient is suffering from cardiomyopathy, so he needs to be referred to a ------
Cardiology
Which of the following suffixes have the same meaning as "al"?
Ic and ary
Ischemia would best be described as
Lack of blood supply to tissue
The plural form of the word armpit is
Axillae
The word element osa is an example
Of a suffix