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Linguistics CLC 201 Midterm

  1. A carcinogenic substance causes: cancer 18. In an autoimmune disease (choose one) the body

2. Choose all the terms that pertain to blood or blood cells

hemostasis granulocytes leukocytes erythrocytes

3. Choose all the words that relate to some aspect of pregnancy or related diagnostic procedures.

psedocyesis neonatal postpartum ultrasonography

4. Chose among the following words to fill int he blanks: dorsal, transverse, anterior, distal, posterior, ventral, supine, proximal. The shoulder is [a] to the body, whereas the wrist is [b]

a - proximal b - distal

5. A condition when someone has blood low in platelets (clotting agents) is called

thrombocytopenia

6. The digestive system has the following functions

digestion elimination absorption

7. The diminutive of any word is the _____ of any given word.

"little" version

8. The earliest form of English, Old English, is also known as

Anglo-Saxon

9. English belongs to which branch of its language family?

Germanic

10. English belongs to which language family?

Indo-European

11. The English word "muscle" is the diminutive of the Latin word 'mus', which means:

mouse

12. The English word "myriad" is derived from the Greek 'myrias', 'myriados' means which of the following

10,000 countless

infinite

13. Etymology is the study of word

origins

14. Except for third conjugation deponents, you do what to this to find the present stem of a Latin verb?

remove -re/ri from the ending

15. The Greek base "arche" means "rule", but it also means

beginning, first in authority

16. The Greek word "aggelos" means "messenger" and the English word ____ comes from it

angel

17. An important phase in the evolution of

English began with the Norman Conquest which brought it what language?

French

19. In English the function of words in sentences is determined primarily by their

order

20. In its strictest sense, autopsy refers to

looking at something for oneself

21. An injury caused in the normal course of treating another is called _____ (type answer)

iatrogenic

22. In Latin, the function of words in sentences is determined primarily by their

ending

23. Jake lay on his back in the ____ position

supine

24. Joe had a stroke in the left hemisphere of his brain, and ever since, he encountered paralysis in his left hand. The effect was clearly ____

ipsilateral

25. Languages derived from Latin are called what type of languages?

Romance

26. A learned borrowing is an amalgam of two Greek or Latin roots to create a word that did not exist in that language. Which of the following is NOT a learned borrowing?

Manufacture

Coniferous Television

Auditorium

Omnivore

Auditorium

27. Literally meaning "on the nipples" this type of cell lies on on body surfaces, externally and internally

epithelial

28. The longest existing work in Old English is

Beowulf

29. A malignant tumor of the muscle is called

myosarcoma

30. Noun and adjective patterns are called

declensions

31. Order the divisions of the back from top to bottom

thoracic, cervical, sacral, coccygeal, lumbar

cervical thoracic lumbar sacral coccygeal

32. Order the following layers of a tooth from outside to inside: crown, pulp, dentin, enamel

enamel crown dentin pulp

makes


antibodies against its own good cells and tissues

34. Order the following pathways of food from first to last: duodenum, transverse colon, ileum, stomach

stomach duodenum ileum

transverse colon

35. Order the parts of the stomach from first to last: fundus, body, antrum, pylorus, cardiac sphincter

cardiac sphincter

fundus body antrum pylorus

36. Order the quadrants from your left to right going clockwise

1. RUQ

2. LUQ

3. LLQ

4. RLQ

37. The pituitary gland is located inside the ____ cavity

cranial

38. The present stem of a Latin verb is derived from

the infinitive

39. Properly speaking, an apology is

a speech defending oneself

40. Rewrite electroencephalograph with slashes to denote the prefixes, combining forms, and sufixes

electro/en/cehalo/graph

41. The root and suffix of the word Chromosomes designate the following two English words

color bodies

42. The root "gram" means both

a small weight thing written

43. Select the two regions that are equal in height in the abdominal cavity

epigastric hypochondriac

44. Someone with an inflamed liver suffers from _____ itis

hepat

45. The stem of the Latin word rex, regis (king) is?

reg-

46. The study of English grammar was modeled on which language?

Latin

47. Syntax is the study of

rules for sentence formation

48. T F A "kilo" in English denotes 100 units of something

fasle

49. T F Endocrine glands secrete chemicals to the outside body

False

  1. Order the following medial phenomena from cephalic to caudal in location: eruction, nausea, borborygmus, flatus eruction 50. T F Ordinal numbers are the ones you use False nausea to "count" things with

51. T F The Latin word patior-pati-passus gives rise to all three English words 'patient,' 'passive' and 'passion'

True

52. The thoracic cavity is ______ to the spinal cavity

anterior

53. To find the perfect stem of a Latin verb, remove the -um from

The last principal part

54. To find the present stem of third conjugation deponent Latin verbs

drop the "-i" from the ending and add "e"

55. To find the stem of a Latin noun or adjective, drop the ending of which case?

genitive

56. The transition from Middle to Modern English was mainly induced by

the printing press

57. When someone coins a new word, it is, technically speaking, a ____

neologism

58. When the final consonant of a prefix changes to match the first consonant of the word it is added to, this is called

Assimilation

59. When the negative prefix "a" encounters a vowel at the beginning of a word it is added to, what happens?

An "n" is inserted between the two vowels

60. Which combining forms/suffixes are necessary to describe painful bones?

oste/o -algia

61. Which language does not belong o the same language family English does?

Basque

62. Which of ONE of the following words is NOT derived from a Latin word? porch tank vehicle feminine czar

tank

63. Which of the following are English transliterations of Greek words?

Axiom

Ocean

Campaign

Pagination

Dialysis

Axiom

Dialysis

Ocean

borborygmus

flatus

64. Which of the following are English transliterations of Greek words?

Emphasis

Ardent

Corruption

Icon

Corpulent

Emphasis Icon

65. Which of the following are English transliterations of Greek words?

Mnemonic

Homogeny

Waterfall

Chocolate

Nymph

Mnemonic

Homogeny

Nymph

66. Which of the following are English transliterations of Greek words?

Parabola

Character

Brazen

Little

Bookcase

Character Parabola

67. Which of the following are English transliterations of Greek words?

Polygamy

Creepy

Knife

Charisma

Barter

Polygamy Charisma

68. Which of the following are English transliterations of Greek words?

Shelf

Comedy

Lethargy

Sandpaper Tabulature

Comedy

Lethargy

69. Which of the following are English transliterations of Greek words?

synthesis squander method murder gaggle

Method

Synthesis

70. Which of the following combining forms correspond to the abdomen? Choose all that apply

lapar/o ceil/o

abdomin/o

71. Which of the following conditions are associated with the liver? Choose all that apply

viral hepatitis cirrhosis

73. Which of the following could be congenital? Choose 3

syndactyly fetal alcohol syndrome cocaine addiction

74. Which of the following is NOT derived from the Latin verb 'sedeo-sedere-sessum' (to sit)

secession

75. Which of the following means "joining of the bile duct to the small intestine"?

choledochojejunostomy

76. Which of the following number words are NOT Greek or Latin derived

google zero

77. Which of the following terms refer to the kidneys?

nephrectomy

renal failure nephrology

78. Which of the following words are derived from the perfect stem of the Latin word 'moveo-moveremotum'?

motor motive motion

79. Which of the following words are derived from the present stem of the Latin verb curro-currerecursum? curriculum current cursor currency cursory

Currency curriculum current

80. Which of the following words are Latin derivative?

Fracture

Mundane

Puppy

Vocation

Bakery

Vocation

Mundane

Fracture

81. Which ONE of the following English words is not derived from the same Latin root as the rest?

corporal corps corpse court incorporate

court

  1. Which of the following conditions achalasia result from peristalsis? Choose all ileus that apply. diverticulosis achalasia esophagial varices volvulus ileus
  2. Which one of the following is not derived from a Greek or Latin root meaning "breast"? maternal

83. Which ONE of the following is not derived from the same Latin root biannual annuity annual annotate anniversary

annotate

84. Which TWO of the following are involve derivation from a Latin verbal suffix?

abulate verbose navigation pacification omnivirous

navigation pacification

85. Which word is NOT derived from the Latin verb 'ago-agere-actum'?

actor act agnostic active agent

agnostic

86. Words in different languages that look the same but mean different things are called

faux amis

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