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There are several main systems of the body: the skeletal, the
muscular, the nervous, the digestive, the respiratory, the urinary, the
endocrine, the excretory and the reproductive.
The vital activities of the cells, tissues, organs and the whole
organism are based on metabolism.
The regulation between various systems of organs can be
demonstrated by the coordinated changes in their activities.
Intensification of the activity of one organ or system of organs is
accompanied by the changes in the other system.
Task 1. Learn the following words and word combinations.
trunk
[trʌŋk]
туловище
limb (extremity)
[lim][ik΄streməti]
конечность
to be composed of
[kəm΄pəuzd]
состоять из
skull
[skʌl]
череп
cranial
[΄kreiniəl]
черепной
facial
[fei∫l]
лицевой
spinal column
[΄spainəl ΄kɔləm]
позвоночный столб
chest (thorax)
[ʧest] [θɔ:ræks)]
грудь
breastbone
[΄brestbəun]
грудина
thoracic
[θɔ: ΄ræsik]
грудной
vertebra (vertebrae)
[΄və:təbrə] [΄və:təbrei] позвонок (позвонки)
coccyx
[΄kɔksiks]
копчик
supply
[sə΄plai]
питание
framework
[΄freimwə:k]
основа
to contain
[kən΄tein]
содержать
abdomen
[΄æbdəmən]
живот
gullet (esophagus)
[gʌ΄lit] [i΄sɔfəgəs]
пищевод
spleen
[spli:n]
селезенка
gallbladder
[΄gɔ:lblædə]
желчный пузырь
bladder
[blædə]
мочевой пузырь
thumb
[θʌm]
большой палец руки
hip (thigh)
[hip] [θai ]
бедро
joint
[dʒɔɪnt]
сустав
cartilage
[ka:tɪlɪdʒ]
связка
ligament
[lɪgəmənt]
сухожилие
forehead
[΄fɔ:rid]
лоб
chin
[ t∫in]
подбородок