3. The nervous system

1. Read and transcribe the following words.

Include, nerve, spinal, majority, neuron, peripheral, leading, autonomic, subdivided, muscle, joint, pressure, process, respiration, activity, digestion.

2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.

Nervous system, to contain, to carry out reflexes, spinal cord, subdivided, transmit information, pressure variation, internal organs, respiration, blood circulation, to be asleep.

3. Give the English equivalents to the words.

Coдержать большинство нейронов, спинной мозг, вести от мозга в другие части тела, передавать информацию, заставлять нас чувствовать боль, давление, пищеварение, контролировать деятельность, передавать импульсы, дыхание, внутренние органы.

4. Find in the text the word that corresponds to the definition.

a) greater number or part

b) the process of breathing

c) involuntary response to a stimulation of the nerves

d) going around continuously

e) the part of the body that can produce movements when tightens or loosens

f) pass, send

5. Finish the sentence.

The central nervous system includes……………..

The peripheral nervous system consists of ………………

The peripheral nervous system is subdivided…………….

The nerves of the somatic system transmit ……………..

The nerves of the autonomic system regulate such processes as ………………

The nerves of the autonomic system regulate such processes as ……………

4. The brain

1. Read and transcribe the following words.

Personal, halves, function, blood, oxygen, store, necessary, memory, create, sensory, cell, to process, process, experience, neuron, muscle, liver, theory, previous, kidneys, joint, hemisphere, logic, opposite.

2. Give the Russian equivalents to the words.

Nervous cells, difficult task, to receive signals, receptor cells, to exist in every part of the body, to process information, to make decisions, to be connected to the muscle, to make sure, main theory, to have fears, previous day, left hemisphere, the opposite is true.

3. Give the English equivalents to the words and word combinations.

Персональный компьютер, состоять из, нервные клетки, нуждаться в кислороде, на быстрой скорости, существовать в каждой части тела, обрабатывать информацию, принимать решения, быть связанным с мышцей, внутренние органы, главные теории, выразить свои страхи, предыдущий день, разделяться на части, правое полушарие, сильный.

4. Finish the phrase.

to consist of ……………… to store…………

to send …………………… to exist ………….

to pass ………………… left and right ……….

5. Give derivatives of the following words.

Person, necessity, inform, electrical, danger, connect, difficult, express, think, biology, analyze, imagine, power, create, art, paint, compose, explore.

6. Find in the text the word that corresponds to the definition.

a) half a sphere

b) fibre carrying impulses of feeling and motion between the brain and the body

c) the mass of soft grey matter in the head, center of nervous system

d) coming earlier in time or order

e) join, to be joined by things or personal relationships

f) power of seeing or imagining, looking ahead, grasping the truth

g) reasonable explanation of facts and events

h) excitement of the mind or the feelings

i) power, act, manner of speaking

j) entirely different, contrary

7. Finish the sentence.

Internal organs are ………

The human brain has 3 main functions: ……………..

The left brain controls ………………………..