Unit 9 Revision Task 1 What can you say about… - Vital signs of a patient - Good posture - Hiccups - Your body´s real age - Injuries of muscles and joints - Types of muscles - Diseases of the cardiovascular system - Digestive system - How the food you eat affects your brain - Snoring Task 2 What do you call… - the building where GPs work/ a time when GPs see patients/ the work of surgeons - blood vessels that carry blood around the body - a gland at the front of the neck that produces hormones that control the way the body grows and functions - shock absorbers that separate vertebrae - the tube that carries urine from the bladder - the tube that connects the back of the throat to the stomach - airways that connect your windpipe to your lungs - a gland that makes insulin to control blood sugar - a lump that is formed when blood dries or becomes thicker Task 3 What are the lay terms for the following medical conditions? - Arrhythmia - Dyspnoea - Acute cerebrovascular event - Insomnia - Myocardial infarction - Analgesics - Hypertension medication - Anti-inflammatories - Hypnotics - Oral contraceptives Task 4 Describe hospital procedures using the expressions below: - examine - discharge - treat - admit - refer - make an appointment - perform a surgery Task 5 Choose the correct option: a) My grandmother caught/ developed arthritis. b) It was a month before I got better/ got over. c) The doctors hope to be able to heal/ cure cancer one day. d) He is being healed/ treated for heart disease. e) This wound should heal/ cure easily. f) The patient presented with/ of chest pain. g) The woman complained of/ with muscle spasm. Task 6 Choose the odd one out: a) nausea – chills – heartburn – constipation – laxatives – diarrhoea b) gynaecology - cardiology – maternity – neonatology c) sacrum – sternum – tibia – collar bone – scapula d) proximal – anterior – cranial – superior – distal e) contagious – hereditary – healthy – deadly - preventable – incurable Task 7 Form nouns from the verbs, then use them in sentences: recover – secrete – lose – impair – deliver – absorb - inflame Task 8 Choose the correct form of the verb: 1. When the ambulance arrived, he had already taken/ already took twelve painkillers. 2. She had/ has had/ was having a baby last year. 3. He saw/ has seen fifteen patients already, and it´s only ten o´clock. 4. The family were sitting/ sat/ have sat around his bed when he woke up. 5. He recovered consciousness on Tuesday, but for the previous two days everyone has bee/ had been/ was really worried. 6. The pain has spread/ spread to my arms, and I thought I was having a heart attack. 7. The man has woken up/ woke up/ was waking up and is asking where he is. 8. The emergency call had made/ was made and the ambulance sent to the scene of the accident. Task 9 Ask about the underlined part of the sentences: a) The patient suffers from asthma. b) She´s currently taking medication for her asthma. c) Mrs. Brown called the ambulance at 7 p.m. d) I have passed two of my exams. e) The famous neurosurgeon operated on my grandma. f) The famous neurosurgeon operated on my grandma. g) In my practice I deal with cardio patients. h) It has been troubling me for weeks now. i) Exertion makes the pain worse. j) It gets worse when I exert myself. Task 10 Transform the sentences into passive: a) They did the surgery yesterday. – The surgery ………………………….. b) They have done the surgery. – The surgery …………………………….. c) The are doing the surgery. – The surgery ……………………………. d) They have to do the surgery. – The surgery ……………………….. e) They shouldn´t do the surgery. – The surgery …………………………. Task 11 Explain the difference: They can´t do the surgery. / They don´t have to do the surgery. / They shouldn´t do the surgery. / They mustn´t do the surgery.