Ministry of health protection of the republic of uzbekistan

Notes
1. inch (shortened in.) = 2,54 cm (centimetres)
2. ounce (shortened oz.) = 28,33 gram (grammes)


Exercise 9. Match the words of Latin origin with their English equivalents.

Male	spinal
Female	chest
Thorax	man
Dorsal	woman

Exercise 10. Group synonyms in pairs.
substance, to supply, to nourish, because of, because, minute, tiny, to provide, to obtain, due to, fine, as, matter, to feed


Exercise 11. Group antonyms in pairs.
larger, upward, ascending, colourless, thick, colourful, thin, descend­ing, downward, smaller


Exercise 12. Translate the following sentences.
1. The number and even nature of the clots in the veins and arteries differ according to their size. 2. Under the microscope we can see the membrane which consists of a number of separate cells. 3. Blood includes minute bodies, which give the blood its colour. 4. The heart makes 70-80 contrac­tions a minute.


Exercise 13. Translate the following sentences. Define the tense form of the predicates.
The heart is beating in the experimental animals even when we destroy the nerve supply. 2. The vena cava brings deoxygenated blood which has passed through the body to the right atrium. 3. During diastole, the atrium of the heart is filling with blood from the venae cavae and the pulmonary vein. 4. We were discussing the anatomy of the heart at the English lesson yester­day. 5. We shall still be working at this problem for another week. 6. The teacher corrected the tests which the students had written the day before.


Exercise 14. Give comparative and superlative forms of adjectives in the following sentences.
1. The veins are (large) than capillaries. 2. The aorta is the (large) artery which distributes the blood throughout the body. 3. I know the structure of the heart (good) than that of the lungs. 4. Anatomy is (diffi­cult) subject for me. 5. The human heart weighs (little) than a pound.


Exercise 15.Find comparative form of adjective in each line.
a) shoulder, longer, closer, larger
b) other, liver, smaller, summer
c) thinner, father, thicker, greater


Exercise 16. Translate the following sentences. Choose the proper words in brackets.
1. The capillaries got their names (because, because of) they resem­ble hairs. 2. The blood reaches the arteries (because, because of) the contraction of the heart. 3. The two blood streams do not readily mix in the ventricle (because, because of) the muscular meshwork within its cavity. 4. (Because, because of) arteries carry blood away from the heart, they must be strong enough to withstand the high pressure of the pumping action of the heart. 5. If we stimulate the nerve in the ear by electricity, the ear becomes blanched (because, because of) the arteries contract.


Exercise 17. Describe the structure of the cardiovascular system.