III. Post-reading activites.

Check how well you understand the text by answering the following questions.

1. How many circulatory systems actually has our body?

2. What is the key organ in the circulatory system?

3. How many chambers has the human heart?

4. How do we call the bottom part of the heart which is divided into two cham­bers and pumps the blood out of the heart?

5. How do we call the upper part of the heart which is made up of the other two chambers of the heart and receives the blood entering the heart?

6. What valve separates the right atrium from the right ventricle?

7. The mitral valve separates the left atrium and the left ventricle, doesn't it?

8. Name the body's main arteries.

9. What are the two largest veins of the body?

10. What network connects the arteries and veins?

Continue the following sentences.

1) The circulatory system is composed of....

2) The systemic circulation sends blood from the heart to....

3) The main function of the heart is....

4) The heart lies....

5) Arteries carry blood away from....

6) Veins contain valves that prevent blood from....

7)The capillaries are one of the most important parts of the circulatory system because....

Match the anatomical terms and their definitions.

1. Period of relaxation and expansion of the heart when its chambers fill with blood. 2. Valves located between the atria and ventricles. 3. Minute blood vessel that connects arterioles with venules. 4. Series of events that occur in the heart dur­ing one complete heartbeat. 5. Small artery. 6. Thin membrane lining the interior of the heart. 7. Lubricating outer layer of the heart wall and part of the pericardium. 8. Cardiac muscle layer of the heart wall. 9. Tough, fibrous, two-layered membrane sac that surrounds, protects, and anchors the heart. 10. System of blood vessels that transports blood between the heart and lungs. 11. System of blood vessels that transports blood between the heart and all parts of the body other than the lungs. 12. Rhythmic contraction of the heart. 13. Either of two large veins that return blood to the right atrium of the heart. 14. Small vein.

a) cardiac cycle; b) myocardium; c) systemic circulation; d) venule; e) arte­riole; J) diastole;

g) pericardium; h) vena cava; i) capillary; j) systole; k) atrio­ventricular valves; I) endocardium; m) pulmonar circulation; n) epicardium

4. Read and translate the following proverb. What is it about? Do you agree with the saying? Discuss it in groups.

A merry heart does good like a medicine.

IV. Speaking.

Make a dialogue between a cardiologist and a patient. Here is vocabulary for you to speak about heart problems.

QUESTIONS Do you have any pain in the chest, especially after exertion? Are you breathless at any time (on exertion/ at rest/ in bed)? Do your ankles swell up? Do you freeze often and quickly? How far can you walk before the pain in your leg stops you going? Have you recently lost consciousness?

INSTRUCTIONS I would like to listen to your heart. Please lie down on your back. Now roll over to your left side. Try to take short rapid breaths. Lean forward with your hands on your knees and hold your breath for a few seconds.

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