Question | Answer |
What are the 5 special prefixes that frequently attach directly to a termination? | a- ; dys- ; eu- ; hyper- ; hypo- |
Which are the 3 prefixes you MUST assimilate under the right conditions? | en- ; syn- ; con- |
What is the root?
Latin: abdodere, meaning âto hideâ | abdomin-
abdomen |
What is the root?
Latin: coeliacus, meaning âhollowâ | celi- ; cel-
abdomen |
What is the root?
Greek: laparos, meaning âslack or looseâ | lapar-
abdomen |
What is the root?
Latin: umbo, meaning âsheild bossâ. Was also used to describe the ends of scroll holders, nicknamed âlittle umboâ | umbilic-
navel |
What is the root?
Greek: omphalos | omphal-
navel |
What is the root?
Greek: sarx
Sarcasm meaning â(ripping) fleshâ | sarc-
flesh |
What is the termination?
Greek: graphein, meaning âto writeâ
Hint: thereâs 3 answers | -gram; -graph; -graphy
-gram: the resultant record or image
-graph: instrument used to produce this
-graphy: the process |
How would you describe Linear B syllabary? | Similar to Japanese where they use short sounds |
How would you describe Linear B logograms? | It was a Greek language that used logos and pictures |
What time period was named the Mycenaean era? | 1400-1100 BC |
Which period was in existence during 1100-800 BC with no surviving writing? | Dark Ages |
What years was the Classical Period in? | 5th-4th centuries BC |
Who won in the battle between the Persian Navy and the fishing boats of the Greek? | The Greeks! Smaller boats = better manoeuvre |
In the Peloponnesian War (late 5th century BC), who were the opposing sides? And who won in the end? | Athens vs. Sparta
Sparta won. |
Phillip of Macedonia is the father of which greek hero? | Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) |
What was Alexander the Greatâs mission? | To spread the power of the Macedonians and wanted to punish the Persians for invading Greece |
What time period did the Hellenistic Kingdoms exist in? | 3rd - 5th AD |
Who was Platoâs apprentice? | Aristotle |
Which era did medical and biological studies, particularly anatomical analogy, flourish? | Hellenistic Era |
During the Roman Empire, there was a linguistic divide. Which side spoke Greek? Which side with Latin? | WEST: mostly Latin speaking
EAST: mostly Greek speaking |
During the Roman Empire, Greek and Latin were both used. Which language was used for which field? | Greek: philosophy, sciences, medicine
Latin: law, public administration |
After the end of the Roman Empire (after 5th century AD) what languages became of Latin? | It became the âromanceâ languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian |
After the end of the Roman Empire, what was Latin mainly used for in Western Europe? | 1. Academic writing
2. Scientific nomenclature (âthe naming of thingsâ)
3. Roman Catholic Church |
After the end of the Roman Empire, what was Greek mainly used for in Western Europe? | 1. Christian New Testament
2. Scientific terminology, particularly medicine and biology (for scientific terminology, Greek had to first be transliterated into Latin) ex. phac- |
What percentage of terminology in medicine and biology is derived from Greek or Latin? | 94% |
Who was the âFather of Medicineâ? | Hippocrates |
Who was the philosopher that was interested in the relationship between the soul and body and later went on to write Timaeus? | Plato |
Who was the highly influential philosopher-scientist that tutored Alexander the Great? | Aristotle |
Who were the 2 Greek physicians that performed the first systematic human dissections in Alexandria (Egypt)? | Herophilus and Erasistratus |
Who was the Greek physician that wrote hundreds of medical texts that highly influenced the development of western medicine? | Galen |
Why are most of the figures in medicine, Greek? | They saw medicine as a philosophical (science) extention. |
Why werenât many ancient Romans involved in medicine? | Only the lowest class (slaves!) practiced medicine |
What were the 3 ancient medical theories involving the balance of the body? | 1. Pneumatic Theory: pneuma = âanimating spiritâ
Where there is an imbalance in the spirit
2. Corpuscular Theory: corpuscle = âlittle bodyâ
If pores are too constricted, thereâs not enough corpuscles flowing and vice versa, pores too relaxed mea |
What were the 4 humours of the body? | choler, blood, black bile and phlegm |
Which Greco-Roman medical sect viewed patients as an individual and valued the study of human anatomy? | Dogmatism |
Which important figure(s) were proponents of Dogmatism? | Hippocrates and Galen |
Which Greco-Roman medical sect viewed the study of anatomy as unnecessary, even foolish, giving the example that we canât study a dead body and assume it works the same as a live one? | Empiricism |
Which Greco-Roman medical sect promised swift, gentle therapies and was a frequent user of the cospuscular theory? | Methodism |
Who was Asclepiusâs father? | Apollo, god of many things, including healing |
Which important figure is a firm believer of being healed at an Asclepion? | Galen |
What does âAsclepiadesâ mean? | âSon of Asclepiusâ, Greek term meaning âphysicianâ |
Are the three bones in the ear (malleus, incus, stapes) Latin or Greek terms? | Latin |