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IV. ACCENT IN WORDS OF GREEK ORIGIN

 

As for the words of Greek origin you should pay attention to the following peculiarities:

In Greek clinical terms with the ending -ia the letter Ğiğ is always stressed:

myopathía - myopathia
dysentería - dysentery
hypotonía - hypotension

 

Except for the words containing Greek root - logia:

biológia - biology
pharmacológia - pharmacology

 

V. Exercises

 

1. Stress the following words observing the rules of Latin word-stressing:

columna, processus, cerebrum, bursa, cavum, palpebra, profundus, transversus, atlas I, internus, bulbus, gangraena, refluxus, cauda, linea, rabies, barba, reflexus, ampulla, collum, tibia, sinister, cornu, spurius, Oryza, situs, xiphoiděus, facies, anatomia, ramus, coccygēus, caries, tabuletta, minorpodagra, pterygoiděus, externus, maxilla, curatio, solutio, substantia, eminentia, Belladonna, ligamentum, vertebra, costa, apex, arcus, minor, manus, vomer, sternum, sella.

 

2. Stress the words:

apertura (opening), anulus (ring), angulus (angle), foveola (pit), incisura (notch, split), tuberculum (tubercle), spinosus (spinous), thoracicus (thoracic), articularis (articular), opticus (visual), basilaris (basic), cervicalis (cervical), musculus (muscle), fissura (cleft), lateralis (lateral), vertebralis (vertebral), lumbalis (lumbar), fossula (small depression or cavity), ventriculus (ventricle, stomach), glandula (gland), scapula (shoulder-blade), mandibula (lower jaw), clavicula (clavicle), fibula (fibula), maxillaris (maxillary), chronicus (chronic), gastricus (gastric), pelvinus (pelvic), fibrosus (fibrous), gelatinosus (gelatinous), venosus (venous), squamosus (scaly), spirituosus (spiritual), capitatus (capitate), destillatus (destilled), ceratus (waxy), auditivus (auditory), vegetativus (vegetative), incubativus (incubative), incisivus (incisive, cutting), junctura (junction), sutura (suture), temperatura (temperature).

 

3. Practise stressing the following Latin anatomical terms:

costa fluctuans (free rib), vertebra thoracica (thoracic vertebra), columna vertebralis (spinal column), processus articularis superior (higher joint appendix), tuberculum anterius (anterior tubercle), facies articularis anterior (anterior joint surface), sulcus arteriae vertebralis (vertebral furrow of artery), nucleus pulposus (pulpal nucleus), anulus fibrosus (fibrous ring of tissue about an opening), ligamentum longitutinale anterius (anterior longitudunal ligament), juncturae columnae vertebralis et cranii (junctions of spinal column and skull), articulatio atlantooccipitalis (joint between first cervical vertebra and occipital bone), canalis vertebralis (vertebral canal), sulcus costovertebralis minor (major) (small (large) costovertebral furrow), incisurae costales (costal slits), ligamentum capĭtis costae (ligament of the head of rib), articulatio capĭtis costae (joint of the head of rib), spatia intercostalia (intercostal spaces), apertura thorācis superior (inferior) (superior (inferior) thoracic apertura), angulus infrasternalis (angle, situated below or beneath sternum), fissura sterni (narrow slit of breast bone).



 

4. Practise stressing the following Latin anatomical terms:

medulla ossium (bone marrow), arcus vertebrae (vertebral arch), membrum inferius (leg), epigastrium (part of abdomen immediately over stomach), processus transversus (transverse process), substantia compacta (thick substance), palpebra superior (upper eyelid), corpus maxillae (body of upper jaw), quadruplex (fourfold), facies poplitea (popliteal surface), ductus choledochus (bile duct).

 

5. Practise stressing the following Latin anatomical terms:

digitatus (pertaining to finger or toe), hiatus sacralis (sacral opening), cribrosus (sieve-shaped), vertebralis (vertebral), incisura supraorbitalis (supraorbital notch), clavicularis (pertaining to collar-bone), fossa pterygopalatina (pterygopalatine cavity), processus zygomaticus (zygomatic process), hamulus pterygoiděus (wing-shaped hook), mentalis (pertaining to chin), sulcus pulmonalis (pulmonary furrow), forāmen spinosum (spinous opening), fossa glandulae lacrimalis (shallow depression of lacrimal gland), pubicus (pertaining to lower part of abdomen, covered with hair), pars squamosa (scaly (platelike) part), nodi pancreatici (pancreatic nodes), pelvinus (pelvic), foveolae granulares (small granular spit), glomerulus (small ball), incisura vertebralis (vertebral slit).

 

6. Practise stressing the following Latin anatomical terms:

alae voměris (wings of thin bone separating nostrils), pars superior duodēni (upper part of duodenum), cartilaginěus (pertaining to cartilage), articulatio sacrococcygēa (sacral-coccygeal joint), gingīva (gum), trachēa (windpipe), apertura thorācis inferior (lower opening of chest), orgănon gustus (taste organ), osteologia (science about bones), glossopharyngēus (pertaining to tongue and pharynx), myologia (science about muscles), orbĭta oculi (eye-pit), pylōrus (opening of stomach into duodenum), peritonēum (serous membrane lining abdominal cavity), metathalămus (part of brain behind visual tuber), minĭmus (smallest), musculus levator fornĭcis (muscle that raises fornix), os coccýgis (last bone of spinal column), peronēus (pertaining to fibular bone), carpēus (pertaining to wrist), glutēus (pertaining to buttocks), nervus trigemĭnus (trigeminal nerve), labyrinthus ethmoidalis (sieve-shaped labyrinth (ethmoidal bone)).

 

7. Practise stressing the following Latin anatomical terms:

lamĭna arcus vertebrae (plate of vertebral arch), forāmen rotundum (round opening), vagīna processus styloiděi (sheath of awl-shaped appendix), tuberosĭtas pterygoiděa (pterygoid tuberosity), palātum osseum (bony palate), ligamentum popliteum oblīquum (oblique popliteal ligament), cavĭtas oris propria (proper oral cavity), atrium meātus medii (atrium middle meatus), cartilāgo thyroiděa (thyroid cartilage), vesīca urinaria (bladder), extremĭtas inferior (lower extremity).

8. Practise stressing the following Latin anatomical terms:

processus accessorius (additional appendix), arcus posterior atlāntis (posterior arch of first cervical vertebra), lineae transversae (transverse lines), eminentia cruciformis (cruciform eminence), facies anterior (anterior surface), os triquetrum (three-sided bone), basis patellae (base of kneecap), recessus sacciformis (sacciform recess), spatia interossea metacarpi (interosseous spaces of metacarpus), labium superius (upper lip), pancreas accessorium (additional pancreas), regio respiratoria (respiratory region), bifurcatio trachēae (bifurcation of trachea).

 

VI. VOCABULARY

Masculine  
1. angŭlus, i m angle
2. canalicŭlus, i m small canal
3. muscŭlus, i m muscle
4. nasus, i m nose
5. nuclěus, i m spheroid body within a cell
6. pedicŭlus, i m pedicle, small foot
7. radĭus, i m thicker and shorter bone of forearm
8. sulcus, i m furrow or groove
Neuter  
9. brachĭum, i n upper arm
10. cavum, i n cavity
11. collum, i n neck
12. cranĭum, i n skull
13. dorsum, i n back
14. membrum, i n member, extremity
15. palātum, i n palate
16. septum, i n partition, dividing wall
17. tubercŭlum, i n tubercle; small rounded swelling

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