HOMEWORK

1. Complete the sentences below with an appropiate word or phrase

connected with the human body.

a) Your eyelashes are the hairs which grow on the edge of your upper and lower eyelids.
b) The elbow is the point where your arm bends.
c) Ann’s boyfriend put the wedding ring on her finger.
d) The two politicians confronted each other eyeball to eyeball.
e) The lower part of the arm, between the hand and the elbow called the forearm.
f) Diana used to color her eyelids with eye shadow.
g) When she heard that, she said ,,Really?’’ and raised one eyebrow. I don’t think she
believed him.
h) After a while, his eyes accustomed to the dark.
i) The poor child held the money tightly in his fist.
j) Her feet were very sore from walking so far.

2. Translate into English.

1. Mușchii se inseră prin oase prin intermediul prelungirilor numite ligamente.
The muscles are inserted on the bones through extensions called ligaments.

2. Sistemul muscular este format din mușchi striați (sau somatici) și mușchi netezi,
primii find cei care stau la baza tuturor mișcărilor corpului nostru, prin
proprietatea lor fudamentală-contractilitatea.
The muscular system consists of striated muscles (or somatic muscles) and smooth
muscles, the first being those that are the basis of all the motions of our body, through
their fundamental property-contractility.

3. Alături de schelet, musculatura contribuie hotărâtor la determinarea și influențarea

formei corpului, diferențierea ei fiind în strânsă legătură cu dezvolatarea
scheletului.
Along with the skeleton, the musculature contributes decisively to the determination and
influence of the body shape, its differentiation being closely related to the development
of the skeleton.