Latin Mid-Term SAMPLE Test 2014/15 2nd semester Dent
1. Mark the right answer of these questions with an „X” at the appropriate box below.
1. The plane dividing the body into superior and inferior parts is called:
a. lateral
b. horizontal
c. cranial
d. sagittal
2. The front side surface of trunk is termed as
a. palmar
b.volar
c. plantar
d. ventral
3. Opposite side of palma manus is:
a. digiti manus
b. pollex
c. dorsum manus
d. axilla
4. The position of vertebrae thoracicae to the sternum is ________________ :
a. posterior
b. ventralis
c. lateralis
d. cranialis
5. Ring finger in Latin is:
a. digitus minimus
b. digitus medius
c. digitus coronalis
d. digitus anularis
6. Synonym (term with similar meaning) of dorsalis direction is:
a. lumbalis
b. ventralis
c. caudalis
d. posterior
7. Latin name of hip is
a. coccyx
b. coxa
c. pubis
d. cortex
8. Hallux in English is:
a. forefinger
b. heel
c. big toe
d. foot
9. The middle part of foot in Latin is:
a. carpus
b. tarsus
c. metacarpus
d. metatarsus
10. The Latin name of neck is:
a. occiput
b. nucha
c. sura
d. cervix
11. The lateral bone of crus is...:
a. femur
b. patella
c. fibula
d. tibia
12. Medial bone of antebrachium is ...:
a. olecranon
b. ulna
c. radius
d. ossa metacarpalia
13. The meaning of my(o)- Greek root is:
a. marrow
b. fungus
c. muscle
d. mandible
14. Body in Latin is ...:
a. carpus
b. corpus
c. soma
d. homo
15. The Greek root splen- means in Latin ...:
a. viscera
b. poples
c. lien
d. pilus
16. The position of acromion is _____________ to olecranon:
a. lateralis
b. medialis
c. proximalis
d. distalis
17. The position of os ilium to os sacrum is ___________:
a. proximalis
b. cranialis
c. caudalis
d. lateralis
18. The position of hallux is ____________ to the other toes:
a. medialis
b. radialis
c. dexter
d. externus
19. The second form in the dictionary form of Latin nouns is:
a. Singular Nominative
b. Singular Genitive
c. Gender
d. Plural Nominative
20. We get the root of a noun after cutting the ending of....... from the dictionary form of a noun
a. Sing.Gen.
b.Sing.Nom.
c. Plur. Gen.
d. Plur Nom
21. Nominative form of genus is...:
a. genu
b. genus
c. gena
d. genis
22. The nape, or back of neck is called:
a. mala
b. nucha
c. crus
d. occiput
23. Each bone of the spinal column in Latin is termed as:
a. spina
b. axis
c. columna
d. vertebra
24. The heelbone in Latin is:
a. os coccygis
b. calcaneus
c. os coxae
d. talus
25. The Greek root equivalent of Latin vertebra is
a. spondylb. dactylc. myeld. cephal1
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B
C
D
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5
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2. Give the Latin equivalent of the parts treated or studied in the medical speciality.
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cardiology
__________________
myology
_________________
pathology
__________________
neurology
_________________
gynaecology
__________________
osteology
_________________
3. Form the following names of inflammations by adding -itis suffix to the Greek root.
hepatitis
_____________
phlebitis
___________
enteritis
______
stomatitis
___________
otitis
____________
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4. Fill in the table.
Sing. Nom.
Sing. Gen.
Decl.
Root
Plur. Nom.
English meaning
pes, pedis m
brachium, i n
caput, capitis n
crus, cruris n
patella, ae f.
genu, genus n
nervus, i m
facies, ei f
5. Opposites. Write a word that means the opposite of each of the following.
caudalis ____________________ externus _________________
ventralis ____________________ palmaris ________________
inferior ____________________
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6. Write in the appropriate directional terms to the blanks.
The pollex is on the ____________ side of the hand, the digitus minimus is on the _________.
Pectoralis major muscle is a surface muscle over the pectoralis minor muscle so its position is termed
as _________. Digiti pedis are at the _____________part of the lower limb. Ren is___________ to
pulmo.
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7. Fill in the blanks with the Sg. Gen. form of the appropriate Latin name of body part.
English term
Latin
biceps m. of the thigh
biceps ____________ muscle
abductor muscle of the thumb
abductor ________ muscle
adductor muscle of the big toe
adductor ________ muscle
bones of fingers
_________digitorum
muscles of ribs
___________ costarum
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Latin Mid-Term SAMPLE Test 2014/15 2nd semester Dent
Total: 100/____