Patient: I think so.

Patient: Excuse me, nurse? This is the cardiology department, isn´t it?

Nurse: Take the elevator down to the basement level. Cardiology is to the right.
 

Nurse: Well, usually it is. But the hospital is under construction right now, so some
  departments are in different places.

Nurse: It´s in the basement now. Across from radiology and pathology.
 

Patient: Oh, so where can I find cardiology?

Patient: Oh, good I don´t want to miss my appointment with my cardiologist

Nurse: Do you need directions to get there?

   

English I
Read the conversation and then go to your workbook page 10 activity IX and write it in
the correct order.

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 Put in order the conversation:
patient Excuse me, nurse? This is the cardiology department, isn´t it?
nurse Well, usually it is. But the hospital is under construction right now, so some
departments are in different places.
patient Oh, so where can I find cardiology?
nurse It´s in the basement now. Across from radiology and pathology.
patient Oh, good I don´t want to miss my appointment with my cardiologist
nurse Do you need directions to get there?
patient I think so.
nurse Take the elevator down to the basement level. Cardiology is to the right.

X.-Select the best definition:

1-cardiology'

the study, treatment and care of old people.

A specialty concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of

the nervious system.

This is the study and treatment of heart disorders

2-university hospital'
a part of a hospital where outpatients come for diagnosis and
treatment.
a place where drugs and medicines are prepared and sold.
This is an institution which combines the services of a hospital with
the education of medical students and medical research.

3- 'palliative care'

a specialty concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of

the nervous system.
This is the field of medicine concerned with the study, treatment of prevention

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 of cancer.
medical care which does not provide a cure for a disease, but reduces
its severity or slows its progress.

4- 'neonatal'

the set of organs that allows a person to breathe and exchange oxygen
and carbon dioxide throughout the body.

related to the treatment and prevention of mental illnesses.

This is related to the period after birth, especially the first 4 weeks after birth

5-outpatient'
a place for pregnant women or women who have just given birth
this is a person who does not stay in the hospital but comes to a clinic
or surgery for a treatment.
a person who stays in the hospital for the time of treatment

6- inpatient'
a person who does not stay in the hospital but comes to a clinic
or surgery for a treatment.

a place for pregnant women or women who have just given birth.

This is a person who stays in the hospital for the time of

treatment
7-'gynecology'

the branch of medicine in which doctors study and treat

this is medical conditions which affect women and their reproductive
organs.
a specialty concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of
the nervous system.
-8'anesthetic'

This is medical care which does not provide a cure for a disease, but
reduces its severity or slows its progress.

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 a substance which causes lack of awareness or feeling, thus permitting
surgery or other painful procedures.

9- 'surgery'
This is a kind of treatment in which a doctor cuts into somebody’s
body in order to remove or repair the damaged or diseased organs.
The branch of medicine in which doctors study and treat
medical conditions which affect women and their reproductive organs.
a substance which causes lack of awareness or feeling, thus permitting
surgery or other painful procedures

10- geriatrics'
a specialty concerned with the study and treatment of disorders of
the nervous system.
This is The study, treatment and care of old people.
medical care which does not provide a cure for a disease, but reduces
its severity or slows its progress

11.- psychiatric
related to the period after birth, especially the first 4 weeks after birth
this is related to the treatment and prevention of mental illnesses
the set of organs that allows a person to breathe and exchange
oxygen.

12- ward
this is a large hospital room with beds for patients to stay.
a part of a hospital where outpatients come for diagnosis and
treatment
a ward where patients who are seriously ill are closely monitored.

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13- clinic
this is a part of a hospital where outpatients come for diagnosis
and treatment.
an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the
education of medical students and medical research.
a ward where patients who are seriously ill are closely monitored.

14- ICU' or 'intensive care unit '

a place where drugs and medicines are prepared and sold.
an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the
education of medical students and medical research.
This is a ward where patients who are seriously ill are closely monitored.

15- maternity Ward

a person who stays in the hospital for the time of treatment.
a person who does not stay in the hospital but comes to a clinic
or surgery for a treatment.
This is a place for pregnant women or women who have just given birth.
16- pharmacy.
a large hospital room with beds for patients to stay.
a part of a hospital where outpatients come for diagnosis and
treatment.
This is a place where drugs and medicines are prepared and sold.