BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: CREDIT TEST X
Autumn semester 2013
Name: Date: Group:
1.
a) Classify all nouns in the table into five groups according to their declensions. Give their
genitive singular form, gender and paradigm. There are two words which you will not use.
declension Latin noun
full
genitive singular
form
gender paradigm
1st declension
2nd declension
3rd declension
4th declension
5th declension
b) Fill in the terms from task 1a in the definitions.
 ________________________ is a part of a body of a mammal between the neck and the abdomen,
including the cavity enclosed by the ribs, breast bone and dorsal vertebrae.
 ________________________ is the process of giving birth.
 ________________________ is a contagious skin disease marked by itching and small red raised spot,
caused by the itch mite.
 ________________________ is the roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in
vertebrates.
thorace ~ thoracicae ~ scabie ~ dyspnoe ~ palatum ~ palatinum ~ partum
 ________________________ is difficult or laboured breathing.
2. Put the terms into the required form.
rhaphe mediana gen. sg. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
neurosis traumatica abl. sg. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
sensus humanus acc. pl. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
genu valgum acc. sg. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
musculus rotator nom. pl. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. Fill in the adjectives from the table in the correct form.
clinicus, a, um ~ lacer, a, um ~ latus, a, um ~ profundus, a, um ~ thoracicus, a, um
ruptura fasciae _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
periculum mortis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
luxatio radii cum vulneribus _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
arcus ductus _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
dolores chronici dentis propter cariem _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. Put the words in the correct order to make anatomical/clinical terms. Translate the terms
into English.
1) Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:____________________________________________________________________________________________________
2) Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:____________________________________________________________________________________________________
oedema post
trauma cerebri
tumoris uteri
maligni operatio
3) Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:____________________________________________________________________________________________________
4) Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:____________________________________________________________________________________________________
5) Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:____________________________________________________________________________________________________
6) Term:________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Translation:____________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Fill in missing endings.
Margin______(pl.) et angul______ (pl.) acromi______
Fractura lamin______ arc______ vertebr______ thoracic______ secund______
Exitus post vulner______ (pl.) sclopetari______ region______ abdomin______
Ulcer______ (pl.) radic______ lingu______
Functio laes______ uter______ propter abscess______
Pars hepat______ sinistr______
glandulae pars
profunda parotidis
ramus longi
nervi thoracici
post excisionem
status myomatis
paralysis progressivae
musculorum symptoma
6. Translate the terms in brackets into Latin, and put them into the correct form after the
prepositions.
sectio propter ____________________________________________________________ (position of the foetus)
aegrotus cum ____________________________________________________________ (haemorrhagic encephalitis)
amputatio ex ___________________________________________________________ (gangrene of the big toe)
anaesthesia sine _________________________________________________________ (postoperative vomiting)
medicamenta ad _________________________________________________________ (internal use)
7. Solve the crossword.
1. Joints of heads of ribs
2. Rupture of the cyst on the right ovary
3. Orbital fat body
4. Thrombosis due to narrowing of veins
5. Perforated ulcers in the vestibule of the mouth
6. Collapse of lungs caused by obstruction
7. Diabetes mellitus of the mother
8. Blood vessels of the retina
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8.
1. A R T I C U L A T I O N E S C A P I T U M C O S T A R U M
2. R U P T U R A C Y S T I S O V A R I I D E X T R I
3. C O R P U S A D I P O S U M O R B I T A E
4. T H R O M B O S I S P R O P T E R S T E N O S I M V E N A R U M
5. U L C E R A P E R F O R A T A V E S T I B U L I O R I S
6. C O L L A P S U S P U L M O N U M E X O B S T R U C T I O N E
7. D I A B E T E S M E L L I T U S M A T R I S
8. V A S A S A N G U I N E A R E T I N A E