Vocabulary Exercise

Unit 3

A. Circle the correct answer.

1. He always leans against the wall when he talks to people. This __ damages the
back with time.
a. ligament
b. hind
c. posture

2. __ is a type of joint inflammation that affects the spinal cord. It is caused by

genetic factors. Its symptoms include pain and stiffness from the neck to the lower
back.
a. Arthritis
b. Spondylitis
c. Tumor

3. Lemon squeeze squirted into her eye and she felt a __ sensation.
a. aching
b. burning
c. originating

4. A __ is a type of involuntary muscle __. It is different from a vasoconstriction in

which the vessel narrows. The second occurs as a __ to increased blood pressure
whereas the first is the relaxation of a muscle.
a. spasm/ contraction/ response
b. contraction/ spasm/ response
c. response/ contraction/ spasm

5. __ is having the ability to move in a proportionate body at a pace that suits a

person’s age.
a. Obesity
b. Weight
c. Fitness
B. Circle the correct answer.

1. She fell down and (bent, ruptured) her knee.

2. She had (a bout of, an episode of) epilepsy. She fell to the ground and started to
shake fervently.

3. Most depressed people have a (poor, mild) appetite.

4. (Corpulent, Overweight) people are at a lower risk of heart conditions than

obese people.

5. The (myelogram, cardiogram) showed a weakness in the electricity of the

patient’s heart.

C. Fill in the spaces.

canal proposed fever shift relaxant

1. The child had a fever. His temperature was 39º.

2. The psychiatrist prescribed Sara a relaxant because she feels anxious most of the time
and for no reason.

3. My shift starts at 10 p.m. I don’t leave the hospital until tomorrow at 7 a.m.

4. The psychiatrist proposed a two week vacation to reduce the mother’s depression
over her son’s death.

5. The inner ear canal can get clogged with wax if water tries to get into it.

D. Circle the opposite.

1. The consultant shifted the patient to ICC because he had developed a serious heart
condition.
a. changed b. modified c. maintained
 2. Contracted and stiffened vessels result from being injected too many times.
a. expanded b. decreased c. narrowed

3. Affluent people tend to eat more meat than an average middle class person. This is
not a healthy eating habit.
a. rich b. poor c. wealthy

4. To maintain one’s health, a person needs to eat a low fat diet.

a. keep b. retain c. destroy

5. She had a mild toothache but she feared it might get worse.
a. little b. gentle c. sharp

E. Match the words on the left with their meanings on the right.

1. range from a. a specialist who dissects body parts

2. scan b. go inside

3. pass through c. to look at something quickly

4. anatomist d. gradually changing

5. evolutionary e. extent of, variation