C C 306M Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Long Bone, Genitive Case, Nominative Case
3 Dec 2016
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When faced with a binomial or trinomial anatomical term, you should work through the following steps: the first word is always a noun in the nominative case. Os longum membri inferioris (nom. , sing. , neut. , bone) bone: then, you should determine what are the other parts of speech in the anatomical term. Os longum (adjective) membri (noun) inferioris (adjective: if there is another noun in the phrase, it is in the genitive case, and therefore should be translated with of the x . Look at its inflectional endings to determine its number and gender. Os longum (adjective) membri (gen. , sing. , neut. , of the limb) inferioris (adjective: next, look at the inflectional endings of the adjectives. Remember that an adjective must agree with the noun in its case, number, and gender. If the adjective does not match in all three categories to the noun you are considering, then it must modify another noun in the phrase.
