Unit 2  Human body, Health and Illness

Task 1   Human Body

a) Label the human body diagram



                                           body to label


b) How are the following things connected in the body?

Teeth – jaw

Diaphragm – abdominal cavity – thoracic cavity

Ribcage – heart

Skull – vertebral column – vertebrae – intervertebral discs



c) Match synonyms

clavicle

scapula

sternum

spinal column

phalanges

thorax

tibia

femur

patella


thigh bone

backbone

kneecap

shin bone

chest

finger bones

breastbone

collar bone

shoulder blade













Task 2 Body systems

a) Match each description with one of the systems:

skeletal     digestive       lymphatic      integumentary     respiratory    nervous
reproductive   urinary      muscular       circulatory      endocrine

1. The ____________ system supports and protects, regulates body temperature, makes chemicals and
hormones, and acts as a sense organ.
2. The _____________ system supports and protects, makes movement easier (with joints), stores
minerals, and makes blood cells.
3. The __________ system brings about body movement, maintains posture, and produces heat.
4. The ________________ system allows a person to communicate with the environment and integrates
and controls the body.
5. The _____________ system secretes hormones into the blood that serve to communicate with,
integrate, and control mechanisms.
6. The ____________system transports substances through the body and establishes immunity.
7. The _____________ system is a subdivision of the circulatory system. It does not contain blood,
but rather lymph, which is formed from the fluid surrounding body cells and diffused into lymph
vessels. The major functions of this system are the movement of fluid and its critical role in the
defense mechanism of the body against disease.
8. The __________system exchanges oxygen from the air for the waste product carbon dioxide, which
is eliminated from the body.
9. The ____________ system breaks down food, absorbs nutrients, and excretes solid waste.
10. The _________ system cleans waste products from blood in the form of urine and maintains
electrolyte balance, water balance, and acid-base balance.
11. The ___________ system produces sex cells, allows transfer of sex cells and fertilization to
occur, permits development and birth of offspring, nourishes offspring, and produces sex hormones.


b) Match the organs with their respective systems:

mouth -  spinal cord – blood vessels (arteries, veins and capillaries) – nails – joints – liver –
urinary bladder – uterus (womb) – thyroid gland – hair – heart – kidneys – ovaries – pancreas –
trachea (windpipe) – urethra – skin – testes – muscles – brain – intestines – bones – lungs –
nerves – sweat glands – oesophagus (gullet, food pipe) – larynx (voice box)


Circulatory


Respiratory


Nervous


Musculoskeletal


Digestive


Urinary


Reproductive


Endocrine


Integumentary

Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_systems_of_the_human_body

GOGELOVÁ, Helena. Angličtina pro fyzioterapeuty. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011. 314 s. ;.
ISBN 9788024735313.

c) Listening: Your body´s real age

(http://ed.ted.com/featured/aUEBw8w9)

Listen and answer the questions:
 1. What are the parts of the body that are renewed frequently?
 2. What are the parts of the body that last longer?
 3. What is the part of the body that remains the same your whole life?



TASK 3 Health and Illness


a)      Speaking
 1. What is the difference between being healthy and being fit?
 2. What is the difference between a disease and an illness?
 3. What does it mean when somebody says that they are “sick”?


b)     Match words to make collocations:

feel

catch

develop

suffer

poor


stroke

arthritis

health

sick

flu

c)      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.
 7. He is being ………………. (treated/ healed) for a rare skin disease.
 8. He made wild claims about being able to ………….. (heal/ cure) cancer.
 9. I´ve broken my leg, but the doctor says it´s a clean break, so it should ………….. (heal/ cure)
easily.

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


d)     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.
 7. Congenital disorders are conditions existing at or before birth.


e)     Give examples of:

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