University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City

Faculty of Basic Sciences

Chapter 1
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Lecturer

Department of Foreign Languages

 OBJECTIVES
Upon completing this lesson, you will be able to
1. Identify definitions, explanations and exemplifications related to main
cell parts, genetic information and cancer
2. Locate the main ideas of the mentioned text
3. Summarize the main points of main cell parts, genetic information and
cancer
4. Identify, memorize common expressions and produce Doctor – Patient
conversations in presenting complaints
5. Paraphrase academic sentences, using medical terms
6. Identify the most common combining forms related to anatomy,
physiology, the cell and cancer
7. Divide medical terms to their word parts
8. Combine word parts to form medical terms
 OUTLINE
1. Reading
Main cell parts
Genetic information
Cancer
2. Listening
Presenting complaints
3. Speaking
Presenting complaints
4. Writing
Words, phrases and clauses
5. Medical Terminology
Introduction to medical terminology
 READING 1
MAIN CELL PARTS
VOCABULARY

Nucleus
Lysosome
Membrane
Digestive enzyme
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
Peroxisome
Rough ER (RER)
Molecule
Smooth ER (SER)
Synthesize
Ribosome
Cytoplasm
Golgi complex
Cytoskeleton
Vesicle
Mitochondria
Aerobic respiration
 READING 1

Cell parts Location Functions

 READING 1

Cell parts Location Functions

Identify and name the cell parts
Identify and name the cell parts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=rABKB5aS2Zg
 READING 2
GENETIC INFORMATION
VOCABULARY

Strand Harness Medium

Base-pairing Helix – Ribonucleic acid
Blueprint helices (RNA)
Deoxyribonucleic Hybrid Stable
acid (DNA) Bonds Transcriptional
Genetic information Machinery Translational
Genome Mechanism Uniform
 READING 2
GENETIC INFORMATION
FLOW OF GENETIC INFORMATION
 READING 2
GENETIC INFORMATION
 READING 2
GENETIC INFORMATION
 READING 2
GENETIC INFORMATION
BASE – PAIRING
 READING 2
GENETIC INFORMATION

BASE - PAIRING
 READING 2
GENETIC INFORMATION
 READING 2
GENETIC INFORMATION
 READING 3 - CANCER
VOCABULARY

Benign Invade Screening test

Biopsy Lump Sign
Cancer Malignant Spread
Cancerous Medical imaging Surgery
Chemotherapy Neoplasm Symptom
Genetic defect Palliative care Targeted
Hepatitis Radiation therapy
Infection Radiation Tumor
therapy Vaccinate
READING 3 - CANCER
READING 3 - CANCER
READING 3 - CANCER
READING 3 - CANCER
READING 3 - CANCER
READING 3 - CANCER
 READING 3 - CANCER
Cancer prevention and control
 LISTENING – SPEAKING
PRESENTING COMPLAINTS
 LISTENING – SPEAKING
PRESENTING COMPLAINTS
INTRODUCTION
1. Welcoming patients and presenting
complaints is the the first key stage in
Doctor – Patient Communication.
2. Effective Doctor – Patient Communication is
a central clinical function in building a
therapeutic doctor – patient relationship,
which is the heart and art of medicine.
 LISTENING – SPEAKING
PRESENTING COMPLAINTS
Role of Doctor Role of patient

1. Asking about personal 1. Answering about

details personal details

2. Asking about 2. Presenting complaints

complaints

3. Asking about pains 3. Describing pains

 WRITING
WORDS , PHRASES , CLAUSES

1. Words pattern together to form phrases.

2. Phrases pattern together to form clauses.
 WRITING
WORDS , PHRASES , CLAUSES
WORDS- KINDS OF SPEECH
 WRITING
WORDS , PHRASES , CLAUSES
 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Medical terms are built from word parts with

some or all of the following components:
1. Word roots
2. Prefixes
3. Suffixes
4. Combining vowels (usually an “O”)
 List of common prefixes, roots and suffixes
(pp.1-5)
 SUMMARY
1. Reading
- Structures and functions of some main cell parts
- Comparison between DNA structure and RNA structure
- Definition, causes and prevention of cancer
2. Listening - Speaking
- How to welcome a patient and ask for complaints from
patients
3. Writing
- How to paraphrase a sentence, using synonyms, word
family and other grammatical structures
4. Medical Terminology
- Common word parts in medical terminology involving in
anatomy, physiology, cells and cancer
 REFERENCES

 Bresler, S, Introduction to Molecular Biology, Legacy.

 I. Endo, I. Yamaguchi, T. Kudo, H. Osada, T. Shibata.

Molecular Anatomy of Cellular Systems, Pre 2007.

 Lackie, John, The Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology,

2013.

 Susan Karcher, Molecular Biology, Pre 2007.

 REFERENCES

 Bradley, Robin A. English for Nursing and Healthcare: A

Course in General and Professional English. McGraw-Hill.
2008.

 Grice, Tony. Nursing 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2007.

 McCarter, Sam. Medicine 1. Oxford: Oxford University

Press. 2009.

 Penn, Judy Meier & Hanson, Elizabeth. Anatomy and

Physiology for English language learners. Pearson
Education. 2006.
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