Wounds and injuries

BODY. Complete the sentences .

Body

Parts of the body appear in some colloquial idiomatic adjectives describing various human states and characteristics, e g. 'heavy-hearted' means 'sad'.For each adjective on the left below find the word or phrase on the right which has the same meaning.

17. BODY. Choose one of the four possibilities that best completes the sentence.

1. He must be terribly strong! Look at his ….. .

a) skin b) limbs c) muscles d) nerves

2. He stood with his hands on his ….. daring me to go past him.

a) ankles b) knees c) shoulders d) hips

3. Every tooth in my upper ….. seemed to be aching.

a) chin b) cheek c) jaw d) forehead

4. When Mary twisted her ankle, John carried her home on his ….. .

a) shoulders b) knees c) hands d) arms

5. His shoes were so old that his ….. were sticking out of them.

a) fingers b) thumbs c) tips d) toes

6. The blind man ran the ….. of his fingers over the box.
a) points b) edges c) tips d) ends

7. When people sweat, the liquid comes out through the ….. of the skin.
a) veins b) vents c) pores d) holes

8. The ….. is the main air passage of the body.

a) intestine b) ear c) windpipe d) kidney

9. The mam function of the heart is to ….. blood round the body.
a) push b) propel c) pump d) walk

10 Arnold Schwartzeneger has an enormous chest ….. .

a) growth b) swelling c) expansion d) inflation

1. We have ten _________ on our hands and ten ___________ on our feet.

2. The function of the heart is to enable the_________ to circulate.

3. The _____________is used for digesting food.

4. The flesh your teeth grow from is your _________.

5. Do you wear your watch on your right __________ because you are left-handed?

6. A bear crushed him and cracked several of his __________.

7. With the help of our _________ we are able to speak and eat.

8. Our_________ enables us to think

9. At first she thought the boy had a high temperature, but when she put her hand on his____________to make sure, she found it was cold.

10. I dropped a heavy box on my _________and broke one of my toes.

Wound (n, v) and injury are both used to describe damage to the body, but a wound is generally caused by a weapon (e.g. gun or knife) and it is usually intentional.

He shot the man in the chest. (= a bullet wound in the chest) [from a gun]

He stabbed the boy in the back. (= a knife wound in the back)

He got into a fight and got beaten up. He had a black eye and two broken ribs.

26. INJURIES. Your friend has a few marks on his body. Match the name of the mark with the explanation of its origin.

1. This BITE on my leg 6. This SCAR on my belly

2. These BLISTERS on my feet 7. This SCRATCH on my arm

3. This BRUISE on my eyelid 8. These SPOTS on my cheeks

4. This CUT on my thumb 9. This STING on my chin

5. This GRAZE on my knee

a. I got when I was operated on for appendicitis.

b. I got when I went on a walking tour in too tight shoes.

c. I got when I was hit by my friend during our quarrel.

d. I got when I fell down while running.

e. I got when I suffered from measles.

f. I got when I was cutting onions with a sharp knife.

g. I got when I was attacked by a fierce dog.

h. I got when I was playing with my cat.

i. I got when I went to take some honey from the beehive.

27. INJURIES. Choose the correct answer.

1. He got that ….. on his forehead when he ran into an open cupboard door in the dark a few days ago.

a) blister b) bruise c) scar d) sprain

2. Mary was ….. by a wasp while she was gathering some pears.

a) bitten b) eaten c) stung d) wounded

3. Be careful you don't ….. yourself when you are cutting those roses.

a) pick b) prick c) sting d) wound

4. I fell off my bicycle when I was five and I still have a ….. on my knee.

a) freckle b) scar c) hole d) scratch

5. He got a terrible …..on the head when he forgot to bend as he went through

the low doorway.

a) bump b) hunch c) ripple d) wrinkle

6. This ….. dates from my operation last year.

a) cut b) scar c) scratch d) sore

7. A sword will only draw blood if it actually ….. the skin.

a) pierces b) pricks c) plunges d) thrusts

8. I have a ….. on my leg where you hit me.

a) blister b) bruise c) hole d) wound

9. She cried so much that her face became ….. .

a) fat b) soft c) swollen d) torn

10. If you are so senseless as to go on long walks in tight-fitting shoes, you must expect to get ….. .

a) blisters b) bruises c) scars d) scratches

28. Give English equivalents for the following words:

Травма, вивих, крововилив, опік, перелом, рана, розтягнення, удар, укус, відмороження.