- •Endocrine System (pre text step)
- •Practice the pronunciation:
- •II. Learn the words:
- •III. Group the following words from the active vocabulary in the table:
- •Iy. Form the new words using the following suffixes & translate them:
- •V. Read & translate the following word combinations:
- •VI. Match the following words to the definitions:
- •VII. Match the synonyms: Posterior front
- •VIII. Match the antonyms: Mature male
- •IX. Answer the questions:
- •X. Open the brackets using Active or Passive Voice:
- •XI. Choose the right preposition:
- •XII. Translate from Russian into English:
- •XIII. Read & translate the text “Endocrine System”.
VIII. Match the antonyms: Mature male
Beneath posterior
Anterior inner
Outer lower
Upper to decrease
To raise over
Female immature
IX. Answer the questions:
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What is the function of the endocrine system?
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What glands make up the endocrine system?
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What hormones does the pituitary produce?
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What is melatonin responsible for?
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What do adrenaline & noradrenaline prepare the body for?
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Where does the thyroid gland lie?
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What do the parathyroid glands regulate?
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What is the amount of glucose in the blood governed by?
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What do the sex glands control?
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What does endocrinology study?
X. Open the brackets using Active or Passive Voice:
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The endocrine system (to be) a network of ductless glands.
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The front lobe (to produce) a group of tropic hormones.
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These hormones (to carry) to other endocrine glands.
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Prolactin (to maintain) milk production.
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The pineal gland (to secrete) melatonin.
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The adrenal glands (to divide) into a cortex & medulla region.
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Steroids (to involve) in the metabolizing of sugars & proteins.
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The amount of glucose in the blood (to govern) by cells in the pancreas.
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Glucagon (to raise) blood glucose levels, and insulin (to decrease) them.
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The endocrine cells of the pancreas (to cluster) in small masses & (to make) two hormones: glucagon & insulin.
XI. Choose the right preposition:
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The hormones are secreted directly … the blood stream.
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The pituitary is divided … two lobes.
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Tropic hormones are carried … other endocrine glands.
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Adrenaline & noradrenaline help to prepare the body … “fight or fight”.
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The amount … glucose … the blood is governed … cells … the pancreas.
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Parathyroid glands hormones regulate the amounts … calcium & phosphate … the blood.
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Endocrinology is the study … the endocrine glands & the treatment … diseases affecting these glands.
XII. Translate from Russian into English:
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Эндокринная система – это сеть беспроточных желез внутренней секреции.
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Тропные гормоны гипофиза переносятся к другим эндокринным железам.
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Пролактин поддерживает продукцию молока в молочных железах.
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Мозговое вещество надпочечников продуцирует адреналин и норадреналин.
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Гормоны коркового вещества надпочечников включают стероиды, участвующие в метаболизме сахаров и белков.
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Гормоны паращитовидных желез регулируют количество кальция и фосфата в крови.
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Глюкагон повышает уровень глюкозы в крови, а инсулин понижает этот уровень.
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Половые железы секретируют гормоны, контролирующие продукцию зрелых половых клеток.
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Эндокринология – это наука об эндокринных железах и лечении заболеваний, поражающих эти железы.