BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: QUALIFYING TEST MOCKVERSION

1. Change into plural/singular (5):

Cartilago alaris minor

Commissurae valvularum semilunarium

Organum genitale masculinum internum

2. Fill in correct endings (7):

Vagina commun_is_____ tendin___um___ (pl.) muscul__orum____ (pl.) flexor_orum_____ (pl.)

Ramus sin___us___ cavernos_i_____

Nod _i_____ (pl.) lumbal_es_____ (pl.) intermedi__i/ales____ (pl.)

Ligamentum capit_is_____ fibul___ae___ poster___ius___

Segment__a____ (pl.) bronchopulmonal__ia____ (pl.)

3. Translate into Latin (15):

Status post amputationem hallucis lateris sinistri propter congelationes

Haematoma subcutaneum palpebrae superioris oculi dextri

Abrasiones superficiales cutis/dermatis in regione faciei/faciali

Laesio transversa partis thoracicae medullae spinalis

Contusio bilateralis cuspidis lobi frontalis

4. Circle words with mistakes and give correct forms (5):

Articulationes interphalangei - interphalangeae manus

Oedema cerebri gravis- grave

Defectus dentum – dentium subtotalis

Syndroma algica-  algicum  vertebrogenes

Suspicio asthmae – asthmatis 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.                                   pregnant
woman                                           gravis, grave

vasculum, i, n.                                 small
vessel                                                     vas, vasis, N

morbosus, a, um
diseased                                                            morbus,i,M

malignitas, atis, f.
malice/malignity                                           malus,a,um

marginalis, e                                    marginal-on the
edge                                  margo,inis,M

gustatorius, a, um                          gustatory-pertaining to taste
gustus,us,M

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             =chole-cyst-o-ptosis – downward displacement of the gall bladder

necrophobia                     =necro- phobia – fear of dead things/corps

splanchnosomaticus     =splanchn – o – somat-icus – pertaining to viscera and body

mastopathia                     = mast – o – path-ia – disease of breast tissue

gonarthrosis                     = gon – arthr- osis – non-inflammatory disease of the knee joint

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

a4, b6, c5, d3, e1, f2

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 : melanoma

fyesthai expanded articular end of a long bone: epiphysis

therme pertaining to heat: thermalis,e

radius exposure to any form of radiant

energy: irradiatio

plassein abnormal growth or development: dysplasia

salpinx + lysis surgical procedure for freeing a

fallopian tube from adhesions: salpingolysis

rhis + rhoe discharge from the nasal mucous

membrane: rhinorrhea/rhinorrhoea

oophoron + malakos softening of the ovaries: oophoromalacia

omos + algos pain in the shoulder: omalgia

epision + tome incision of the perineum to avoid

tearing during parturition: episiotomia