Learning Technical English Newsletter ©

Questionnaire - January '08, Vol. 7

Based on the texts of this month's LTE Newsletter issue, and in the spaces provided for you, please answer the following questions.
Part 1 Matching:
Place the number from Column B with its correct answer from Column A
Column A
Auricles
Heart valves
Hypothermia
Dacron
Heart Lung Machine
Hyperthermia
Ventricles
Perfusion
Part 2: As these two sentences are taken directly from their texts, explain the meaning of each "quoted" phrase.
Jarvik-7: The artificial heart is attached to the heart's natural atria "by cuffs made of Dacron felt".
Heart-Lung machine: If blood flow is stopped at normal body temperature, permanent brain damage normally occurs in 3-4 min., and "death can ensue".
Part 3: In the space provided, correct what is false about each statement.
1. Evaluations of the artificial heart occurred when surgeons were transplanted by their patients with a CPB.
2. The human heart consists strictly of voluntary smooth muscle, and blood flow between the auricles & 'pumping' atrium are ventricles.
3. A medical devise is an instrument that can measure or save a human's life
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Full Name
Position with your company
Co. name
Co. address
Country
Direct Tel-Nr.
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