Vocabulary Exercise

Unit 2

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

1. curl up a. the part of the body below the ribs and above the hips

2. anorexia b. to assume a horizontal position

3. waist c. lack of appetite for food

4. resuscitation d. twist up

5. lie e. the act of returning a person into consciousness

B. Circle the correct answer.

1. (Severe, Excess) weight puts pressure on the heart, which weakens the muscle
and makes it pump blood less efficiently.

2. The role of a triage nurse is (potential, instrumental) because his/her

classification may save the life of critical patients.

3. The ache left her right leg (tingling, numb). She could no longer feel it.

4. He (fractured, injured) his skull in the car accident. The X-ray shows a rupture
across his skull. Now, he is unconscious in ICU suffering from a subdural
hematoma.

5. She is a (competent, delicate) nurse. She makes good intelligent observations

when she monitors patients.
C. Circle the opposite meaning.

1. Fat encases organs to protect them from an unexpected blow.

a. reveals b. surrounds c. covers

2. Cutting down on one’s intake of saturated fat is vital for a person’s health. It
reduces the possibility of cardiac diseases and blood pressure.
a. important b. critical c. unessential

3. After texting messages on her cell phone for a whole hour, she felt that her
thumbs were inflexible.
a. stiff b. flexible c. brittle

4. She has an apple shaped body. She gains weight in the thoracic region of her
body.
a. obtains b. decreases/ loses c. acquires

5. He had a sunstroke. Consequently, his nose was severely bleeding.

a. intensely b. extremely c. mildly

D. Circle the correct answer.

1. His pillow was so high that he suffered from ___ pain.

a. cervical
b. lumbar
c. spinal

2. ___ pressure in the lower back from bending over a desk makes a person unable
to move. Backache can be quite discomforting.
a. Retained
b. Sustained
c. Gained

3. I ___ my nursing research before submitting it to my professor.

a. observed
b. reviewed
c. formed

4. ___ weight without the consultation of a dietician may result in hair fall.
 a. Emanating
b. Exposing
c. Losing

5. Smoking ___ the risk of lung diseases such as lung cancer and emphysema.
a. poses
b. exposes
c. discloses

E. Circle the correct answer.

1. The (vertebra, vertebrae, vertebral) column consists of four curves: cervical,

thoracic, lumbar and sacral.

2. The pregnant woman felt (paralysis, paralyzed, paralyze) with fear when she
saw the epidural injection.

3. (Expose, Exposed, Exposure) to sun rays should be avoided because it increases

the chances of skin cancer.

4. A person loses his/her (sensation, sensual, sense) along the lines of an operation.

Before moving the victim, the paramedic had to (immobilize, immobilization,

immobilized) him to avoid complicating his broken back.