Human body, Health and Illness

Task 1   Human Body

ankle
arm
navel
chest
chin

ear
elbow
eye
fingers
foot

hand
head
heel
hip
knee

leg
mouth
nose
neck
shin

shoulder
thigh
toes
waist
wrist

                  Ex. 1: Label the human body diagram using the word list above.


                                           body to label




Exercise 2: How are the following things connected in the body?

Teeth – jaw

Diaphragm – abdominal cavity – thoracic cavity

Ribcage – heart

Skull - vertebral column – vertebrae – intervertebral discs

Palm – thumb

Ankle – foot - calf



Exercise 3: Match synonyms

Clavicle

Shoulder blade

Sternum

Spinal column

Phalanges

Thorax

Tibia

Femur

Patella


thigh bone

backbone

kneecap

shin bone

chest

finger bones

breastbone

collar bone

scapula





Exercise 4: Match the organs with their respective systems:


mouth -  spinal cord – blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries) – nails – joints – liver
–uterus (womb) – thyroid gland – hair – heart – kidneys – skin – muscles – brain – intestines –
bones – bladder -  lungs – nerves – sweat glands


Circulatory                 Respiratory                 Nervous                     Musculoskeletal


Digestive            Urinary            Reproductive         Endocrine       Integumentary


Exercise 5: Listening

Fun science: The human body

(http://www.videojug.com/interview/fun-science-the-human-body#what-is-my-body-made-of)

Listen and answer the questions:
 1. What´s my body made of?
 2. Why do we get “goose bumps”?
 3. Why do I get “brain freeze” when I eat ice cream?
 4. Why does my skin look like a wrinkled prune after I take a bath?
 5. Why do I sweat?
 6. How do my eyes see colour?
 7. What happens to food when I eat it?
 8. Why do I need food?


Task 2   Health and Illness

Exercise 1:

What is the difference between being healthy and being fit; between a disease and an illness?

What does it mean when somebody says that they are “sick”?


Exercise 2: Make adjectives from the nouns below:

Fitness          Health           Illness         Sickness


Exercise 3:  Choose the correct word to complete each sentence:
 1. Her condition …………….(deteriorated/improved) and she died.
 2. He ……………..(relapsed/recovered) and was allowed to go home from hospital.
 3. The patient made a full………………(recovery/remission).
 4. I have been in ………………(poor/good) health for months and feel very fit.
 5. It was a month before I …………(got over/ got better) the illness.
 6. He seems to be rather  …………. (unhealthy/ unwell) – his diet is bad and he never exercises.

(adapted from Glendinning, Howard: Professional English in Use – Medicine. Cambridge University
Press, 2007.)


Exercise 4:  True or false?
 1. Mumps and chicken pox are childhood diseases.
 2. AIDS has been eradicated from the world.
 3. Diabetes is a contagious disease.
 4. Parkinson´s disease is hereditary.
 5. Flu is preventable.
 6. Migraine is an incurable disease.


Exercise 5:   Give examples of

acute/chronic/ serious/ mild/ degenerative/ occupational/ mental/ obscure/ deadly diseases.