BODY SYSTEMS: THE SKELETAL SYSTEM

Module I. Learning to Read and Understand a Special Text

Task 1

The word "science" means knowledge. There are many branches of the science, which you will study to become specialists in healthcare.

A. Match the sciences (1-8) with their areas of study (a-h):

B. Using the table above, make up sentences. Example: Biology studies living things.

Task 2

Studying anatomy, you will learn the names of bones. Did you know that the skeleton of an adult human consists of 206 bones?

A. Using the words from Box A, label the Russian names of bones in the given diagram.

B. Using the words from Box B, find an English term for each bone and add it to the Russian equivalent term in the diagram:

С. Read the English names of bones in the table. Make a list of Russian-English equivalents of the terms and practice pronunciation of the English terms.

Task 3

A. Read and translate the following international words: biological, chronic, function, group, infection, system, type.

B. Match the words of the Latin origin on the left (A) with their English equivalents on the right (B).

Example: cranium - skull.

C. Translate the words with the same roots. (If you know the meanings of suffixes, you can easily recognize nouns and adjectives.)

1 - skeleton, skeletal;

2 - pelvis, pelvic;

3 - protection, protective;

4 - cranium, cranial;

5 - bone, bony;

6 - infection, infective;

7 - move, movable;

8 - vertebra, vertebral.

D. Find the meanings of the words given below in the dictionary and translate the following sentences:

examination n 1) 2) primitive adj 1) 2) ... .

1. Examination is a test of a student's knowledge or skill in a particular subject.

2. Medical examination includes a variety of tests depending on the age, sex, and health of the person.