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leilurhhh

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on: Jun 27, 2018
Which medical term means excessive eating?
 
  A) polyphagia
  B) tachyphagia
  C) dysphagia
  D) polypepsia

Question 2

Which of the following statements regarding the ventricles is not true?
 
  A) Ventricles are the pumping chambers.
  B) Ventricles receive blood directly from the veins, returning blood to the heart.
  C) Ventricles have a thick muscular wall.
  D) Ventricles pump blood into the great arteries.
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momo1250

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A
Explanation: Poly- means excessive and -phagia means eat or swallow; therefore, polyphagia means excessive eating. Tachy- means fast, so tachyphagia would be fast eating. Dys- means difficult, so dysphagia would be difficulty eating (or swallowing). -pepsia means digestion, so polypepsia would be excessive digestion.

Answer to Question 2

B
Explanation: The atria, not the ventricles, receive blood directly from the veins, returning blood to the heart. All other choices are true.


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