BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Credit test winter semester – mock version
Name:
Date:
Group:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. a) Classify all nouns in the table into five groups according to their declensions. Give
their nominative singular form, genitive singular form, gender and paradigm. There are
two words which you will not use.
abscessum ~ ascites ~ caecus ~ enamelum ~ lien ~ palatinum ~ rabies
declension
nominative
singular form
full genitive
singular form
gender
paradigm
1st declension
2nd declension
3rd declension
4th declension
5th declension
1. b) Fill in the terms from task 1a.
________________________ is an organ located near the stomach that destroys worn-out red blood
cells and produces white blood cells.
________________________ is an enclosed collection of liquefied tissue, known as pus, somewhere
in the body. It is the result of the body's defensive reaction to foreign material.
________________________ is the hard, thin, translucent substance covering and protecting a tooth
crown and composed almost entirely of calcium salts.
________________________ is abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in the spaces between tissues
and organs in the cavity of the abdomen.
________________________ is an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is
caused by a rhabdovirus usually transmitted through the bite of an animal and that is
characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behaviour, and eventual paralysis
and death when untreated.
2. Put the terms into the required form.
diameter recta
gen. sg.
______________________________________________________
habitus asthenicus
abl. sg.
______________________________________________________
infectio urologica
acc. pl.
______________________________________________________
canities subita
acc. sg.
______________________________________________________
musculus sphincter
nom. pl.
______________________________________________________
3. Fill in the adjectives from the table in the correct form.
contagiosus, a, um ~ contusus, a, um ~ dexter, a, um ~ osseus, a, um ~ perforatus, a,
um
sanatio morborum ________________________
pars ________________________ tubae auditivae
fractura pelvis cum vulneribus ________________________
lobus medius pulmonis ________________________
ulcus ________________________ parietis ventriculi
4. Put the words in the correct order to make anatomical/clinical terms; translate them.
dx.
fractura
scapulae
corporis
1)
Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
dentis
decidui
resectio
radicis
2)
Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
intestini
3)crassi
corpus
alienum
Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
acustici
meatus
externi
haemorrhagia
4)
Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
caesaream
status
sectionem
post
5)
Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
per
sanatio
primam
intentionem
6)
Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:_________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Fill in missing endings.
vulner______ lacer______ parv______ front______
trauma muscul______ extensor______ halluc______ long______
causa stenos______ ureter______ later______ sinistr______
glandul______ (pl.) duct______ choledoch______
margin______ (pl.) liber______ (pl.) ungu______ (pl.)
fractura coll______ femor______
6. Translate the terms in brackets into Latin, and put them into the correct form after
prepositions.
abortus propter ___________________________________________________________ (congenital disorder)
neonatus cum ______________________________________________________________ (complicated jaundice)
operatio post ______________________________________________________________ (rupture of the diaphragm)
cancer sine _________________________________________________________________ (thrombosis of veins)
anomalia in ________________________________________________________________ (digestive tract)
7. Translate diagnoses and anatomical terms:
1. symptoms of the cancer of ovaries
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. tendons of the fingers of hand
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. hard ulcer of the rectum
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. wrong function of kidneys and heart
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. acute pains in the abdomen
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. red and yellow bone marrow
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. deep bedsores in the region of hip
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. vomiting after the brain concussion
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Derive the adjectives of the 3rd declension from nouns using endings -alis, e or -aris, e:
vertebra
________________________
rectum
________________________
pectus
________________________
malleolus
________________________
cortex
________________________
BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Credit test winter semester – mock version
Name:
Date:
Group:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. a) Classify all nouns in the table into five groups according to their declensions. Give
their nominative singular form, genitive singular form, gender and paradigm. There are
two words which you will not use.
abscessum ~ ascites ~ caecus ~ enamelum ~ lien ~ palatinum ~ rabies
1st declension
nominative
singular form
ascites
full genitive
singular form
ascitae
2nd declension
enamelum
3rd declension
declension
gender
paradigm
m
diabetes
enameli
n
septum
lien
lienis
m.
dolor
4th declension
abscessus
abscessus
m
ductus
5th declension
rabies
rabiei
f
facies
1. b) Fill in the terms from task 1a.
_____ lien ___________________ is an organ located near the stomach that destroys worn-out red
blood cells and produces white blood cells.
_____ abscessus ___________________ is an enclosed collection of liquefied tissue, known as pus,
somewhere in the body. It is the result of the body's defensive reaction to foreign material.
______ enamelum __________________ is the hard, thin, translucent substance covering and
protecting a tooth crown and composed almost entirely of calcium salts.
______ ascites __________________ is abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in the spaces between
tissues and organs in the cavity of the abdomen.
______ rabies __________________ is an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals
that is caused by a rhabdovirus usually transmitted through the bite of an animal and that is
characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behaviour, and eventual paralysis
and death when untreated.
2. Put the terms into the required form.
diameter recta
gen. sg.
______diametri rectae ____________________________
habitus asthenicus
abl. sg.
______habitu asthenico___________________________
infectio urologica
acc. pl.
______infectiones urologicas ____________________
canities subita
acc. sg.
_____canitiem subitam _________________________
musculus sphincter
nom. pl.
_____ musculi sphincteres ______________________
3. Fill in the adjectives from the table in the correct form.
contagiosus, a, um ~ contusus, a, um ~ dexter, a, um ~ osseus, a, um ~ perforatus, a,
um
sanatio morborum _____contagiosorum___________________
pars ____ossea____________________ tubae auditivae
fractura pelvis cum vulneribus _____contusis___________________
lobus medius pulmonis ______dextri__________________
ulcus ____perforatum____________________ parietis ventriculi
4. Put the words in the correct order to make anatomical/clinical terms; translate them.
dx.
fractura
scapulae
corporis
1) Term:______fractura corporis scapulae dx. ________________________________________________
Translation:___fracture of the body of right scapula ________________________________________
dentis
tertii
resectio
radicis
2) Term:_______resectio radicis dentis tertii ________________________________________________
Translation:___resection of the root of the third tooth ____________________________________
intestini
3)crassi
corpus
alienum
Term:________corpus alienum intestini crassi _____________________________________________
Translation:__foreign body of the large intistine = inside the large intestine ________
acustici
meatus
externi
haemorrhagia
4) Term:_______ haemorrhagia meatus acustici externi _____________________________________
Translation:___bleeding of the external auditory canal (=meatus) _______________________
caesaream
status
sectionem
post
5) Term:______status post sectionem caesaream ________________________________________
Translation:__state after the caesarean section ________________________________________
per
sanatio
primam
intentionem
6) Term:_______sanatio per primam intentionem _____________________________________
Translation:___healing without complications = at the first intervention _____________
5. Fill in missing endings.
vulner__a____ lacer___ a ___ parv___ a ___ front__is____
trauma muscul______ extensor__ is ____ halluc__ is ____ long__ i____
causa stenos__ is ____ ureter___ is ___ later__ is ____ sinistr__ i____
glandul__ ae____ (pl.) duct___ us ___ choledoch__ i____
margin___es___ (pl.) liber__ i____ (pl.) ungu__ ium____ (pl.)
fractura coll__ i____ femor__ is ____
6. Translate the terms in brackets into Latin, and put them into the correct form after the
prepositions.
abortus propter _______vitium congenitum_____________________________ (congenital disorder)
neonatus cum _________ictero complicato________________________________ (complicated jaundice)
operatio post __________rupturam diaphragmatis______________________ (rupture of the diaphragm)
cancer sine ____________thrombosi venarum_____________________________ (thrombosis of veins)
anomalia in ____________tractu digestivo_________________________________ (digestive tract)
7. Translate diagnoses and anatomical terms:
1. symptoms of cancer of ovaries
___symptomata cancri ovariorum
2. tendons of fingers of the hand
___tendines digitorum manus
3. hard sore of the rectum
___ulcus durum recti
4. wrong function of kidneys and the heart
___functio laesa renum et cordis = functio renum et cordis laesa
5. acute pains in the abdomen
___dolores acuti abdominis = dolores abdominis acuti
6. red and yellow bone marrow
___medulla ossium flava et rubra
7. deep bedsores in the region of the hip
___decubitus profundi regionis coxae = in regione coxae
8. vomiting after the brain concussion
___vomitus post commotionem cerebri
8. Derive the adjectives of the 3rd declension from nouns using endings -alis, e or -aris, e:
vertebra
____vertebralis, e____________________
rectum
____rectalis, e____________________
pectus
____pectoralis, e____________________
malleolus
____malleolaris, e____________________
cortex
____corticalis, e____________________