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1
Hyper
blood
elevated
Tachy
tension
rate
pressure
blood
Hypertension
heart
Tachycardia
pressure
high
cardia
fast
TA
:
Let
?
s
say
a
patient
comes
in
with
a
heart
rate
of
120
beats
per
minute
.
What
would
that
condition
be
called
?
Student
1
:
I
?
m
not
sure
.
Can
you
help
me
break
it
down
?
TA
:
Sure
!
The
term
is
Tachycardia
.
Let
?
s
divide
it
into
parts
.
The
prefix
-
means
fast
,
and
-
refers
to
the
heart
.
So
when
you
put
it
together
,
it
describes
a
condition
with
a
.
Student
1
:
Oh
,
I
get
it
now
.
So
,
means
a
fast
heart
rate
.
TA
:
The
patient
also
has
consistently
high
blood
pressure
.
What
term
describes
this
condition
?
Student
2
:
I
?
m
not
sure
.
Could
you
help
me
figure
it
out
?
TA
:
Of
course
!
The
term
for
high
blood
pressure
is
.
Let
?
s
break
it
down
.
The
prefix
-
means
high
,
and
-
refers
to
pressure
.
So
,
when
you
put
them
together
,
Hypertension
describes
a
condition
of
.
TA
:
Exactly
!
Whenever
you
see
Hyper
-
with
tension
,
you
know
it
refers
to
.
2
slow
Hypo
Brady
heart
slower
beats
lower
60
cardia
below
tension
Bradycardia
than
Hypotension
normal
than
normal
TA
:
Now
,
let
?
s
talk
about
a
patient
with
low
blood
pressure
.
What
term
would
we
use
to
describe
that
condition
?
Student
3
:
I
?
m
a
bit
unsure
.
Could
you
help
me
out
?
TA
:
Sure
!
The
term
for
low
blood
pressure
is
Hypotension
.
Let
?
s
break
it
down
:
-
means
low
,
and
-
refers
to
pressure
.
So
,
indicates
a
condition
where
the
blood
pressure
is
.
TA
:
Exactly
!
Now
,
for
the
final
term
:
if
a
patient
has
a
rate
,
per
minute
,
what
would
that
be
called
?
TA
:
it
is
Bradycardia
comes
from
-
which
means
slow
,
and
-
which
refers
to
the
heart
.
So
,
is
used
to
describe
a
-
-
heart
rate
.
3
heartbeat
irregular
Dysrhythmia
regular
rrhythmia
Arrhythmia
rhythmia
lack
rhythm
abnormal
rhythm
A
Dys
TA
:
What
if
a
patient
?
s
heartbeat
doesn
?
t
have
a
regular
rhythm
?
Student
5
:
I
?
m
not
sure
.
Can
you
explain
it
to
me
?
TA
:
Of
course
!
The
term
for
an
is
Arrhythmia
.
To
break
it
down
:
-
means
lack
of
,
and
-
refers
to
rhythm
.
So
,
describes
a
of
.
Student
5
:
So
,
Arrhythmia
means
an
irregular
heartbeat
.
TA
:
Exactly
!
Now
,
what
if
the
heartbeat
is
abnormal
but
not
necessarily
irregular
?
TA
:
it
is
Dysrhythmia
is
the
term
we
use
.
-
means
abnormal
,
and
-
refers
to
rhythm
.
So
,
means
an
.
4
sac
itis
inner
outer
surrounding
pericardium
inflammation
Peri
inflammation
Endo
Pericarditis
card
heart
card
Endocarditis
itis
heart's
lining
TA
:
If
there
?
s
inflammation
inside
the
heart
,
specifically
in
the
inner
lining
,
Student
7
:
I
?
m
not
sure
.
Could
you
help
me
with
that
?
TA
:
Sure
!
The
term
for
inflammation
of
the
inner
lining
of
the
heart
is
Endocarditis
.
To
break
it
down
:
-
means
inside
,
-
-
refers
to
the
heart
,
and
-
means
inflammation
.
So
,
describes
of
the
.
TA
:
Exactly
!
Now
,
what
about
inflammation
around
the
heart
?
How
would
we
describe
that
?
TA
:
it
is
Pericarditis
refers
to
inflammation
around
the
heart
.
-
means
around
,
-
-
refers
to
the
heart
,
and
-
means
inflammation
.
So
,
is
of
the
,
which
is
the
the
.
5
emia
normal
Hypoxemia
tumor
Hypo
oxygen
angi
blood
tumor
blood
benign
Hem
blood
vessels
oma
vessel
benign
lower
Hemangioma
ox
TA
:
If
a
doctor
finds
a
benign
tumor
in
a
blood
vessel
,
what
?
s
the
medical
term
for
that
?
Student
9
:
I'm
not
sure
.
Can
you
help
me
with
that
?
TA
:
Of
course
!
The
term
for
a
benign
tumor
in
a
blood
vessel
is
Hemangioma
.
To
break
it
down
:
-
means
blood
,
-
-
means
vessel
,
and
-
means
tumor
.
So
,
refers
to
a
made
up
of
.
Student
9
:
So
,
Hemangioma
is
the
term
for
a
.
TA
:
Exactly
!
Now
,
if
a
patient
has
low
oxygen
levels
in
their
blood
,
what
would
that
condition
be
called
?
Student
10
:
Could
you
explain
that
one
too
?
TA
:
Certainly
!
The
term
for
low
oxygen
levels
in
the
blood
is
Hypoxemia
.
Here
?
s
the
breakdown
:
-
means
low
,
-
-
refers
to
oxygen
,
and
-
relates
to
blood
.
So
,
describes
a
condition
where
the
has
than
levels
of
.
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