BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: QUALIFYING TEST MOCKVERSION
Spring semester 2014
Name: Date: Group:
1. Change into plural/singular (5):
Cartilago alaris minor
Commissura valvulae semilunaris
Organa genitalia masculina interna
2. Fill in correct endings (7):
Vagina commun______ tendin______ (pl.) muscul______ (pl.) flexor______ (pl.)
Ramus sin______ cavernos______
Nod ______ (pl.) lumbal______ (pl.) intermedi______ (pl.)
Ligamentum capit______ fibul______ poster______
Segment______ (pl.) bronchopulmonal______ (pl.)
3. Translate into Latin (15):
State after amputation of the big toe on the left side due to frostbites
Subcutaneous haematomas of the upper eyelid of the right eye
Superficial scrapes on the skin in the region of the face
Transverse lesion of the thoracic part of the spinal cord
Bilateral contusions of the top of the frontal lobe
4. Circle words with mistakes and give correct forms (5):
Articulationes interphalangei manus
Oedema cerebri gravis
Defectus dentum subtotalis
Syndroma algica vertebrogenes
Suspicio asthmae bronchialis
5. Translate the terms in the first column, give the noun/adjective which the terms come
from + its dictionary form. Follow the examples (6):
terms English translation original noun/adjective + its
dictionary form
venula small vein vena, ae, f.
mutitas muteness mutus, a, um
gravida, ae, f.
vasculum, i, n.
morbosus, a, um
malignitas, atis, f.
marginalis, e
gustatorius, a, um
6. Split the following terms into root(s), connecting vowels, prefixes and/or suffixes.
Translate the terms (11):
Example:
endocarditis
Analysis + translation
endo-card-itis = inflammation of the internal membrane of the heart
cholecystoptosis
necrophobia
splanchnosomaticus
mastopathia
gonarthrosis
7. Match the Latin/Greek word stems with the English terms (3):
a) pod(o)- 1) measurement
b) -schisis 2) same
c) crypt(o)- 3) white
d) leuc(o)- 4) foot
e) -metria 5) hidden
f) is(o)- 6) cleft
8. Use the words in the first column to form Latin/Greek terms with the given meaning
(10):
Pay attention!
The letter k in original Greek words is transcribed like c in derived/compound terms.
original words description/definition derived/compound terms
melas skin tumour containing dark pigment
fyesthai expanded articular end of a long bone
therme pertaining to heat
radius exposure to any form of radiant
energy
plassein abnormal growth or development
salpinx + lysis surgical procedure for freeing a
fallopian tube from adhesions
rhis + rhoe discharge from the nasal mucous
membrane
oophoron + malakos softening of the ovaries
omos + algos pain in the shoulder
epision + tome incision of the perineum to avoid
tearing during parturition