Basic Medical Terminology
Seminar 3


Pronunciation practice
•Musculus latissimus dorsi
•Pars respiratoria tunicae mucosae nasi
•Vena aquaeductus cochleae
•Hiatus oesophageus
•Protuberantia occipitalis externa
•Cum anaemia perniciosa
•Nucleus ruber

Revision
•What is a non-agreed attribute?
•    Give an example.
•Which cases are used with Latin prepositions?
•Explain the difference in meaning between
•    in venam and in vena.
•Which Latin prepositions require the use of the ablative case?

caput femoris.png caput fibulae.png caput radii.png caput humeri.png caput tali.png caput
costae.png
A
B
C
D
E
F
Head of… ?

Na všetkých obrázkoch je hlavica nejakej kosti: úlohou študentov je preložiť anat. termíny do
latinčiny.
A. Caput costae, B. Caput humeri, C. caput fibulae, D. caput radii, E. caput femoris, F. caput tali

aorta ~ sclera ~ ulna ~ digitus ~ maxilla ~ ligamentum ~ trachea ~ tibia
Create meaningful diagnoses!
RUPTURA ___________________
           ___________________
           ___________________
            ___________________
FRACTURA ___________________
         ___________________
         ___________________
         ___________________

Scapula a clavicula FENEIS.jpg
Translate into Latin
(Handout 3, task 2)

Latin adjectives
•their function is to describe a noun
•their form depends on the noun to which they refer >>
•    NOUN + ADJECTIVE = AGREED ATTRIBUTE
•    (agreement in gender, case and number)
•
•    Example: musculus longus (nom. sg. m.)
•                    vena cava (nom. sg. f.)
•                    ligamentum latum (nom. sg. n.)

Adjectives of the 1st and 2nd declension
•magnus, a, um
•magnus  magna  magnum
•     m.             f.       n.
•
•
•
•dexter, tra, trum
•dexter dextra dextrum
•     m. f.     n.
•(* liber, libera, liberum)
•
Connect the following nouns with the adjectives above:
    coxa                        cervix
    oculus             nervus
    crus             arcus
    fibula       femur
    collum septum

Agreed-attribute
orbita
pes
dexter
dextra
dextrum
dextra
dextrum
dexter
dextrum
dextra
dexter
genu
Find the right adjectives for the nouns in the triangles
and change the whole phrases into Gen. sg.

Non-agreed vs. agreed attribute
•Singular
•1. fractura vertebrae fractura complicata
•2. (causa) fracturae vertebrae fracturae complicatae
•4. (post) fracturam vertebrae (post) fracturam complicatam
•6. (cum) fractura vertebrae (cum) fractura complicata
•
•Plural
•1. fracturae vertebrarum fracturae complicatae
•2. (causa) fracturarum vertebrarum fracturarum complicatarum
•4. (post) fracturas vertebrarum fracturas complicatas
•6. (cum) fracturis vertebrarum fracturis complicatis
•
•What is the difference in declining between the two phrases?

foreign-body-in-gastrointestinal-tract-5.jpg
Dg.:
Corpus alienum trac. GI l. sin. sine compl, sine inflam.
Corpus alienum tractus gastrointestinalis lateris sinistri sine complicationibus, sine
inflammatione
Read and guess
the meaning:

Preč’tať, pokúsiť sa preložiť, ako zaujímavosť možno uviesť, že na r. snímke je dieťa, ktoré
prehltlo 2 kovové magnetky

Contusio faciei l.dx. reg. ossis zygomat.
Contusio faciei lateris dextri regionis ossis zygomatici
Haematoma faciei l. dx. reg. ossis et arc. zygomat.
Haematoma faciei lateris dextri regionis ossis et arcus zygomatici

Prečítať a pokúsiť sa preložiť, demonštrovať skratky, záznam je z väzenského zariadenia, poukazuje
pravdepodobne na silný úder do tváre a neprimeraný zákrok väzenskej polície (táto inf. Je pre
zaujímavoať, nemusí byť uvedené)