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TD 2nd year of Medicine:

I. Text understanding:
The urethra is a muscular tube that connects the bladder with the outside of the body. The
function of the urethra is to remove urine from the body. It measures about 1.5 inches (3.8
cm) in a woman but up to 8 inches (20 cm) in a man. Because the urethra is so much shorter
in a woman it makes it much easier for a woman to get harmful bacteria in her bladder this
is commonly called a bladder infection or a UTI. The most common bacteria of a UTI is
Ecoli from the large intestines that have been excreted in fecal matter.
Comprehension questions
1. What is the function of the urethra?
2. How long is woman urethra?
3. How long is man urethra?
4. why is woman more prone to bladder infections than men?
5. What is the most common bacteria of a UTI?

Answer the above questions in this box

1. ……The function of the urethra is to remove urine from the body………
2. ………1.5 inches (3.8 cm) in a woman……………
3. ………8 inches (20 cm) in a man………………
4. ………Because the urethra is so much shorter in a woman.…………

5. ………The most common bacteria of a UTI is E-coli from the large intestines that
have been excreted in fecal matter…………

I. Questions based on medical lessons developed in the classroom.

Answer these questions based on the lessons you had in classroom.
a. What is diarthroses?
b. What type of bones support weight and facilitate movement?
c. How many cervical vertebra are there?
d. How many alveoli are there in adult lungs?

a Give the answers in this box. Be brief.

b parts of the joint to smoothly move against each other
c Long bone
d There are seven (7) vertebrae
e hundreds of millions

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Translation: translate into English

Bladder : The bladder is composed of smooth muscle fibers. Urine fills the bladder at low
pressures causing it to distend, up to a normal capacity of about 800mL of urine in adults. Near
the neck of the bladder at the inferior base, the smooth muscle is organized in a circular fashion,
allowing it to serve as a function sphincter. Urine is emptied from the bladder to the urethra
via the internal urethral orifice.

 Vessie : La vessie est composée de fibres musculaires lisses. L'urine remplit la vessie à

basse pression, provoquant sa distension, jusqu'à une capacité normale d'environ 800 ml

d'urine chez l'adulte. Près du col de la vessie, à la base inférieure, le muscle lisse est organisé

de façon circulaire, lui permettant de servir de sphincter fonctionnel. L'urine est évacuée de la

vessie vers l'urètre via l'orifice urétral interne.

Grammar : simple present versus present continuous

1. Andy sometimes ………reads…….. .comics. (to read)

2. We never…………watch……………. TV in the morning. (to watch)
3. Listen! Sandy………is singing…… … in the bathroom. (to sing)
4. My sister usually ………helps……… in the kitchen. (to help)
5. My mother………is making……….. breakfast now. (to make)
6. They often ………clean…….. the bathroom. (to clean)
7. Look! The boys……are coming…… home. (to come)
8. Every day his grandfather ………goes……... for a walk. (to go) >
9. I ……am chating…….. with my friend at the moment. (to chat)
10. Cats ………eat…….. mice. (to eat)

PRODUCTEUR EXECUTIF : SHINOBI