Question

remembering that cardia refers to the heart, you immediately understand the meaning of tachycardia since you learned your latin roots in a&p. choose the right definition:

○ fast heart beat

○ normal heart beat

○ slow heart beat

○ irregular heart beat

Explanation:

In medical terminology (related to Anatomy and Physiology, a subfield of Natural Science - Medicine and Health), the prefix "tachy - " means fast or rapid. Since "cardia" refers to the heart, "tachycardia" combines these to mean a fast heart beat. The other options: "normal heart beat" is not indicated by "tachy - ", "slow heart beat" would use "brady - " as a prefix, and "irregular heart beat" is related to terms like "arrhythmia" not "tachycardia".

Answer:

A. Fast heart beat