I. Speaking: Skeleton

Exercise 1. Phonetic reading: read, remember the words and translate the following word combinations.

A limb [lim]; limbs; the left limb; the right limb; the limbs of the human body. An extremity [iks'tremiti]; the upper extremity; the lower extremity; man has four extremities; the arm is an upper extremity; the leg is a lower extremity.

The forehead ['fbrid]; a wide forehead; a narrow forehead; the eyes are under the forehead; the forehead is one of the parts of the face.

The mouth; in the mouth; open your mouth; close your mouth; breathe through the nose but not through the mouth.

The tongue [Urj]; a coated tongue; the tongue is in the mouth; the tongue is the organ of speech; the tongue is very flexible.

The palate ['pselit]; the soft palate; the hard palate; the palate is the organ of taste; the palate is the upper part of the mouth.

A shoulder; the left shoulder; the right shoulder; the shoulder connects the upper extremity with the chest; we have two shoulders.

The thumb; the left thumb; the right thumb; the thumb is one of the fingers on the hand.

The knee; the left knee; the right knee; the knee is a part of the leg.

The calf; the calf of the left leg; the calf of the right leg.

Exercise 2. Read and learn the following words,

skeleton ['skelstn] скелет humerus ['hjuimsrss] плечова кістка

framework ['freim,w3:k] каркас radius ['reidiss] (анат.) променева кістка

bone [Ьзоп] кістка ulna [ліпз] ліктьова кістка

skull [вклі] череп joint ['d3oint] суглоб

clavicle fklaevikl] ключиця bones of the hand - кістки кисті

scapula f'skaepjuta] лопатка femur ['fkma] стегнова кістка

rib [rib] ребро patella [ps'teta] колінна чашечка

breastbone ['brestbson] грудина kneecap ['пі:,кЕер] колінна чашечка

pelvis ['pelvis] таз tibia [tibia] велика гомілкова кістка

spine [spain] спинний хребет fibula ['fibjuta] мала гомілкова кістка

vertebra [^rv3:tibr9] хребець (pi. vertebrae bones of the foot - кістки ступні['v3:tibri:] хребці)

Exercise 3. Look at the skeleton and try to memorize the location of the bones.

Exercise 4. Make up your own questions and supply answers according to the given model. Use the verbs:

To smell, to hear, to taste, to touch, to breathe.

Model: What do we call the organ we see with? - We call the organ we see with an eye.

Exercise 5. Put in the appropriate words.

Taste, smell, thinking, sight, hearing.

1. The brain is the organ of... .2. The eye is the organ of... .3. The nose is the organ of... . 4. The tongue and palate are the organs of ... . 5. The ear is the organ of... .

Exercise 6. Answer the following questions.

1. How many teeth (eyes, ears, tongues, fingers, knees, thumbs, arms, shoulders, limbs, wrists, feet, cheeks, lips, chins, gums, lungs, kidneys, extremities) does man have? 2. What is the organ of thinking (sight, hearing, smell, speech, taste)? 3. What do we do with our eyes

(ears, nose, tongue and palate, fingers)? 4. Is the thigh (calf, ankle, foot, knee, wrist, elbow, hand, shoulder, forearm) a part of the upper or lower extremity?

Exercise 7. Describe the human skeleton.

Exercise 8. Read the text and translate it.