Describe the human nervous system using the diagram.

Grammar

Continuous Tense

be + Present Participle

Present Continuous am, is, are + Present Participle

Past Continuous     was, were + Present Participle

Future Continuous will be + Present Participle

 

25. Find sentences with the predicate in Continuous Tense:

 

1. I will be waiting for you tomorrow at 5 o’clock.

2. I’m sure that operation will be performed successfully.

3. Yesterday at 11 am we were having English class.

4. We have got a lot of work to do.

5. Neurons carry information from different parts of the body conducting the signals from one axon to another. 

6. ‘A man is breathing but his heartbeat is very weak’ – said a doctor.

7. Skeleton is composed of bones.

 

26. Put verb to be in necessary form (am, is, are, was, were, will be):

 

1. They are busy now the doctors (discuss) a case. 2. Yesterday I (learn) my Anatomy lesson all the evening. 3. Where are students now? - They (listen) to the lecture. 4. I (wait) for you tomorrow at 4 pm. 5. A patient (breath) with a great difficulty. 6. A wound (bleed). We can’t stop the blood! 7. A female (sleep)at the moment. She (cough) all the night. 8. Don’t worry, we (monitor) the situation.

27. Use words to make sentences in Continuous Tense:

 

1. Student\translate\text\now.

2. Travelers\visit\museum\yesterday all the morning.

3. Surgeon\perform\the operation\ tomorrow at 10 am.

4. The doctor\examine\a patient\for an hour yesterday.

5. Heart\work\all human’s life.

6. Students\take\Anatomy test\tomorrow at 9 am.

 

28. Make a list of your activities yesterday and tomorrow:

 

Yesterday                                                   Tomorrow

8 am                                                         9 am

11 am – 1 pm                                              12 o’clock

3 pm                                                         5 pm

6 pm – 8 pm                                            6 pm – 8 pm

11 pm                                                    at midnight

 

 

29. Translate from Russian into English:

 

1. Я не знаю студента, который разговаривает с лектором. 2. Он не видел меня, так как читал в это время. 3. Посмотрите на пациента, который сидит у окна. Его прооперировали два дня назад. 4. Завтра в 2 часа дня мы будем обсуждать эти вопросы. 5. Мы плавали в море вчера весь день. 6. Я буду работать все выходные.

 

Listening

 

30. Match the definitions (1-5) with the terms (a-e):

a ) olfactory nerves b) optic nerves c) auditory nerves d) pupil e) blood-brain barrier

1) a protective network of blood vessels and cells that filters blood flowing to the brain.

2) the second pair of cranial nerves, transmitting impulses to the brain, from the retina at the back of the eye (зрительный)

3) the first pair of cranial nerves supplying the smell receptors in the mucus membrane of the nose (обонятельный)

4) the eights pair of crania nerves connecting the inner ear with the brain and transmitting impulses concerned with impulses and brain (слуховой)

5) a dark circular opening in the center of the iris of the eye, which varies in size to regulate the amount of light reaching the retina

 

31. Try to answer the following questions. Put down your answers:

ü What types of neurons do you know?

____________________________________________________________________________

ü What types of nerves do you know?

_____________________________________________________________________________

ü How many roots does each spinal nerve have?

______________________________________________________________________________

ü What does Somatic nervous system control?

______________________________________________________________________________

ü What is autonomic nervous system responsible for? 

______________________________________________________________________________

ü What are two divisions of autonomic nervous system?

______________________________________________________________________________

ü Is PNS protected as CNS?

______________________________________________________________________________

 

32. Watch the video ‘Biology Video: Learn about Peripheral Nervous System ’ and check your answers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFPMGdYtcPU

33. Watch again and answer the following questions (from 5:46 minute):

ü What are ganglia?

ü What is the number of cranial nerves? Are they sensory, motor or mixed?

ü What is the number of spinal nerves? Are they sensory, motor or mixed?

ü According to what feature are they subdivided?

ü Where are the cell bodies of sensory neurons of the dorsal root located?

ü Where are the cell bodies of motor neurons of the ventral root located?

ü What does sympathetic system do? Give examples.

ü What does parasympathetic system do? Give examples.

34. Watch the video once more and complete the text with the following words and word combinations (1:53 minute):

body organs, olfactory nerves, sensory nerves, ears, external stimuli, nose, motor nerves, cranial nerves, terminate, sensory fibers

There are twelve pairs of_______________. Some cranial nerves are _________________which carry sensory information from an__________________or ________________to the central nervous system. For example, ______________for __________, optic nerves for the eyes and auditory nerves for___________. Some cranial nerves are _____________like the ones going to the eye muscles that carry information from the central nervous system to body organs. Most of the cranial nerves contain motor as well as _________________and can be described as mixed nerves like the one starts originate and _____________in the face and tongue.

Group Work. Name all the specific features of PNS you know in comparison with central nervous system. Explain the importance of peripheral nervous system for the human body. Use the Key Words and expressions to help you.

Key Words and Expressions: peripheral nervous system, sensory neurons (nerves), motor neurons (nerves), ganglia, spinal nerve, cranial nerve, mixed nerve, dorsal root, ventral root, autonomic nervous system, sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, I think that…., to my opinion, it is estimated that…..