TEST YOUR VOCABULARY FOR MEDICINE How it works I

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY FOR MEDICINE

How it works I

THESE SENTENCES DESCRIBE the way various systems work, but they have been divided into separate halves. Match the half sentences in column A with the half-sentences in column B to make twenty sentences which are correct, complete and true. The first one has been done for you as an example.

A		B
1	The autonomic nervous system functions ………	_______	by a cartilage
2	Aspirin inhibits ………	_______	as a man grows older.
3	Bacteria can mutate suddenly ………	_______	into a socket in the pelvis.
4	The bones are joined ………	_______	with antihistamines.
5	The blood vessel is a narrow channel ………	_______	and become increasingly able to infect.
6	The pituitary gland stimulates ………	_______	the cells disintegrate as they secrete.
7	The tip of the femur fits ………	_______	the clotting of blood.
8	The arteries provide ………	_______	a continuous supply of blood to the oxygenated tissues.
9	Bile circulates from the liver ………	_______	into four distinct sections.
10	The colon is divided ………	_______	independently of the conscious will.
11	The chest expands ………	_______	a picture of the ovary and the eggs inside it.
12	In holocrine glands ………	_______	to protect itself against danger.
13	The prostate tends to enlarge ………	_______	the secretion of hormones by the adrenal gland.
14	Impulses are transmitted ………	_______	which takes blood to the tissues.
15	Ultrasound scanning provides ………	_______	to the human system.
16	Oxygen is vital ………	_______	to the intestines via the bile ducts.
17	The common carotid divides ………	_______	along the neural pathways.
18	The body has a natural instinct ………	_______	as the person breathes in.
19	Blood groups are classified ………	_______	according to the ABO system.
20	Nasal congestion can be relieved ………	_______	into two smaller arteries.

ANSWER KEY

1	The autonomic nervous system functions independently of the conscious will.
2	Aspirin inhibits the clotting of blood.
3	Bacteria can mutate suddenly and become increasingly able to infect.
4	The bones are joined by a cartilage.
5	The blood vessel is a narrow channel which takes blood to the tissues.
6	The pituitary gland stimulates the secretion of hormones by the adrenal gland.
7	The tip of the femur fits into a socket in the pelvis.
8	The arteries provide a continuous supply of blood to the oxygenated tissues.
9	Bile circulates from the liver to the intestines via the bile ducts.
10	The colon is divided into four distinct sections.
11	The chest expands as the person breathes in.
12	In holocrine glands the cells disintegrate as they secrete.
13	The prostate tends to enlarge as a man grows older.
14	Impulses are transmitted along the neural pathways.
15	Ultrasound scanning provides a picture of the ovary and the eggs inside it.
16	Oxygen is vital to the human system.
17	The common carotid divides into two smaller arteries.
18	The body has a natural instinct to protect itself against danger.
19	Blood groups are classified according to the ABO system.
20	Nasal congestion can be relieved with antihistamines.