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Learning Technical English Newsletter © / Questionnaire - April '08, Vol. 10 - Quiz

Medical Devices used in treating Heart Diseases & its Ailments - Part 2
Based on the texts of this month's LTE April '08 and reviewing our previous LTE Jan. '08 Newsletter ('Introduction - The Human Heart'), in the spaces provided, please answer the following questions.
Part 1 Matching: Place the number from Column B with its correct answer from Column A
Column A
Auricles	Column B1. A portable defibrillator, which can be found at major transportation hubs such as airports, bus terminals, etc.2. pumping chambers of human heart3. another term for the heart's atria4. A medical device, which helps better regulate the heart's rhythm.5. an ailment of the heart6. Heart cells are made up of this type.7. regulate blood flow between auricles & ventricles8. A miniaturized Defibrillator, which is now implantable in humans.
Heart valves	Column B1. A portable defibrillator, which can be found at major transportation hubs such as airports, bus terminals, etc.2. pumping chambers of human heart3. another term for the heart's atria4. A medical device, which helps better regulate the heart's rhythm.5. an ailment of the heart6. Heart cells are made up of this type.7. regulate blood flow between auricles & ventricles8. A miniaturized Defibrillator, which is now implantable in humans.
Cardiac tissue	Column B1. A portable defibrillator, which can be found at major transportation hubs such as airports, bus terminals, etc.2. pumping chambers of human heart3. another term for the heart's atria4. A medical device, which helps better regulate the heart's rhythm.5. an ailment of the heart6. Heart cells are made up of this type.7. regulate blood flow between auricles & ventricles8. A miniaturized Defibrillator, which is now implantable in humans.
Tachycardia	Column B1. A portable defibrillator, which can be found at major transportation hubs such as airports, bus terminals, etc.2. pumping chambers of human heart3. another term for the heart's atria4. A medical device, which helps better regulate the heart's rhythm.5. an ailment of the heart6. Heart cells are made up of this type.7. regulate blood flow between auricles & ventricles8. A miniaturized Defibrillator, which is now implantable in humans.
ICD	Column B1. A portable defibrillator, which can be found at major transportation hubs such as airports, bus terminals, etc.2. pumping chambers of human heart3. another term for the heart's atria4. A medical device, which helps better regulate the heart's rhythm.5. an ailment of the heart6. Heart cells are made up of this type.7. regulate blood flow between auricles & ventricles8. A miniaturized Defibrillator, which is now implantable in humans.
Pacemaker	Column B1. A portable defibrillator, which can be found at major transportation hubs such as airports, bus terminals, etc.2. pumping chambers of human heart3. another term for the heart's atria4. A medical device, which helps better regulate the heart's rhythm.5. an ailment of the heart6. Heart cells are made up of this type.7. regulate blood flow between auricles & ventricles8. A miniaturized Defibrillator, which is now implantable in humans.
Ventricles	Column B1. A portable defibrillator, which can be found at major transportation hubs such as airports, bus terminals, etc.2. pumping chambers of human heart3. another term for the heart's atria4. A medical device, which helps better regulate the heart's rhythm.5. an ailment of the heart6. Heart cells are made up of this type.7. regulate blood flow between auricles & ventricles8. A miniaturized Defibrillator, which is now implantable in humans.
AEDs	Column B1. A portable defibrillator, which can be found at major transportation hubs such as airports, bus terminals, etc.2. pumping chambers of human heart3. another term for the heart's atria4. A medical device, which helps better regulate the heart's rhythm.5. an ailment of the heart6. Heart cells are made up of this type.7. regulate blood flow between auricles & ventricles8. A miniaturized Defibrillator, which is now implantable in humans.
Part 2: In the space provided, correct what is false about each statement.
1. Helping to maintain the human heart's proper rhythm, in 1970, the first implantable AED was developed. Its energy source was a transistor.
2. The human heart consists strictly of voluntary smooth muscle, and blood flow between an auricle & 'pumping' atrium are ventricles.
3. A medical devise is an instrument that can measure or save a human's life.
Part 3. Word Building - Certainly feel free to use published or online dictionaries
A. Antonyms - In space provided, please write an antonym for the following words:
A1. Contraction
A2. Rhythm
B. Synonyms - In space provided, please write a synonym for the following words
B1. Ailment =
B2. Device =
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