Decide if the statements are true or false, make necessary corrections in the statements you think are false.

1) Different eye colours are caused by the difference in stroma structure.

2) The iris is made up of three layers.

3) People have different skin and hair colour because of differing levels of melanin.

4) In the eye, low levels of melanin have a brown appearance.

5) The collagen does not absorb blue or grey.

6) The stroma is a connective tissue layer which contains collagen, and the iris sphincter.

7) All albinos have red eyes.

8) Violet eyes do not exist.

9) Like many human characteristics, eye colour is determined completely by genetics.

10) You can not get blue eyes from two brown-eyed parents.

11) Two genes control eye colour, allowing for various degrees of pigmentation.

IV. Speaking Tasks

Work in pairs. Listen to your partner’s answer and discuss those points you disagree with.

a) What springs to your mind when you hear the word ‘body’?

b) Do you think our body is perfectly formed?

c) How would you describe the human body to an alien?

d) Would you sell your body to science?

e) Shakespeare said: “Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners”. What does this mean? Do you agree with him?

f) Hermann M. Biggs said: “The human body is the only machine for which there are no spare parts.” Is this true?

g) What will our body look like after another million years of evolution?

h) Frank Gillette Burgess said: “Our bodies are… our autobiographies.” What does this mean? Do you agree with him?

V. Grammar Check

All the verbs in the box relate to medical matters. Use them to complete the sentence. You may have to change the forms of the verbs to fit the grammar of the sentences. The first question has been done for you as an example.

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1. I am going to __visit___ my brother in hospital.

2. She ___________ her disabilities and now leads a normal life.

3. After the accident her pelvis was completely ______________.

4. She has ______________ several operations.

5. They _____________ my big toe to remove the nail.

6. She ____________ her knee on the corner of the table.

7. A thermometer _______________ temperature.

8. Air is _______________ from the lungs when a person breathes out.

9. His arm is _____________ so much he can’t write.

10. A minor cut will _______________ faster if it is left without a bandage.

11. The girl ________________ her hand on a hot frying pan.

12. He _____________ his asthma with a bronchodilator.

13. The patient’s leg needs to be ___________ below the knee.

14. She was __________ by an insect.

15. The doctor asked how the patient was ____________.