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BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: CREDIT TEST (WT) – MOCK VERSION

1) Read the anatomical terms and specify grammar characteristics of the nouns
underlined:

Case and number Declension No Dictionary form

1
areola mammae
corpus unguis
sulci cutis2
sulci cutis
columnae rugarum3
columnae rugarum
fascia abdominis
_____/ 21 pts

2) Put the nouns into nominative plural:

nominative plural
ruga
carotis
pulmo
antebrachiu
m
hallux
olecranon
calyx
testis
_____/8 pts

1
āreola, ae, f. = Diminutive of area; small area, āreola mammae = a circular pigmented area surrounding the
nipple.
2
sulcī cutis = The numerous grooves of variable depth on the surface of the epidermis. For example, the ridges
on the skin of the palmar surface of the fingers and toes, which form the fingerprints.
3
columnae rugārum = The folds of mucous membrane of the vagina that are arranged in two columns. The
anatomical term express an idea of columns that are formed from many folds.
3) Make plural forms of the terms:

plural form
vena orbitae
musculus rotator
thoracis
lobus hepatis
lobulus testis
articulatio membri
ostium venae
_____/ 12pts
4) Put together:

gyrus4 + cerebrum

vena + bulbus + penis5

musculus + levator + angulus + ōs

os (pl.) + metacarpus

os (pl.) + digitus (pl.)

vagina (pl.) + tendo (pl.) + digitus (pl.)

+ pes
canalis + radix + dens

_____/14 pts
5) Translate into Latin:

branches of nerves

bone marrow (lit. marrow of bones)

fracture of diaphysis of femur and

humerus

necrosis of wall of bladder

_____/8 pts

4
gyrus, ī, m. = a ridge on the cerebral cortex
5
A tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the bulb of the penis.
MAXIMUM: 63 pts; MINIMUM TO PASS: 44 pts