I.M.Sechenov

Exercise 1. Translate the word combinations into your language:

A prominent Russian scientist, the founder of physiology and psychology, the range of his interests, include findings of observations, be connected with the investigation of the blood gases, isolate the blood gases, on the basis of observations, come to the conclusion, accomplish the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the respiratory process, estimate the role of hemoglobin in the act of respiration, absorption of carbon dioxide, solutions of salts, dissolve in plasma, the law of diffusion, pass into the blood, the act of respiration, atmospheric gases.

Exercise 2. Answer the questions:

1. Who was I.M. Sechenov?

2. How many scientific works did he write?

3. What were some of his research works connected with?

4. What did I.M. Sechenov find out about the blood gasses?

5. What conclusion about hemoglobin did he come to?

6. What is the accomplishment of the respiratory process is due to?

7. What did I.M. Sechenov prove, when he had completed his investigations of the process of absorption of carbon dioxide by the solutions of salts?

8. What is the transfer of carbon dioxide from the blood into the lungs due to?

Exercise 10. Translate the word combinations into English:

Завершення процесу дихання, дослідження газів крові, виділяти гази крові, поєднуватися з еритроцитами, прийти до висновку, на підставі його спостережень, обмін кисню та вуглекислого газу, працювати над проблемою, оцінювати роль гемоглобіну, поглинання вуглекислого газу розчинами солі, розчинятися у плазмі, переміщення вуглекислого газу з крові до легень, закон дифузії газу із рідини у повітря, залишок вуглекислого газу, досліджувати явище.

Exercise 11. Put questions to the underlined words:

1. 106 scientific works were written by him.

2. Some of his research works were connected with the investigation of the blood gases and their role in the respiratory process.

3. I. M. Sechenov isolated the blood gases.

4. Physiologists, who had worked on this problem before Sechenov, could not estimate the role of hemoglobin in the act of respiration.

5. I. M. Sechenov investigated the process of absorption of carbon dioxide by the solutions of salts.

6. He proved that only 2/3 of carbon dioxide were dissolved (растворяются) in plasma.

7. The rest of carbon dioxide was combined with red blood cells.

8. When Sechenov had investigated this phenomenon, he was able to answer the question why oxygen passed into the blood from atmospheric gases

Exercise 12. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (Past Simple or Past Perfect):

1.The patient (to be) under medical care before the surgeon (to begin) the operation.

2. We (to complete) our observations on the changes in the blood erythrocytes by last Wednesday.

3. Nobody (to investigate) this phenomenon before he (to do) it.

4. He (not to see) them in the classroom, because they already (to leave).

5. It (to be) clear, that something (to change).

6. On my way to the university I (to remember) that I (to leave) my report at home.

7.Where you (to work) before you (to enter) the university?

8. All my friends (to be) glad to hear that I (to pass) all the examinations successfully.