Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• look over: To check something to see it works well; inspect
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• have to: Must do
• right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
• next to: Being located along side another
• go over all: To review or examine every part of something carefully.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• by definition: Inherently; as an essential quality or characteristic.
• from the heart: In a very sincere and genuine way.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• run down: To be in a bad condition
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• through with: Having had enough (of trouble); wanting to stop
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• superior: Better; higher quality
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• inferior: Being of little importance or worth
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• anatomy: Scientific study of the structure of (human) body
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• leave: To go away from; depart
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• flow: To move steadily and easily in a certain direction
• anterior: Front
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• scar: Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
• groove: Long line that is cut into a surface of something
• artery: Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• piece: A counter in a board game
• fetal: Of a fetus or unborn baby
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• branch: Part of a family related to the same members
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• fill: To make something full
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• capillary: Very small tube that carry blood in the body
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• vein: Tube that returns blood from the body to the heart
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• valve: A device along a pipe or tube to regulate flow
• collagen: Type of protein that is often used in skin cream and in plastic surgery because it makes skin look younger
• part: Division of a book
• clot: Mass of blood, etc. that has dried up/become thick
• area: Amount of measured space
• muscle: Physical power
• ascend: To rise, go up to a higher level
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• trunk: Long nose of an elephant
• bypass: To go around something; avoid
• marginal: Very small; on the edge; not important
• coronary: Concerning the heart
• collateral: Property you offer as security against a loan
• ligament: Band of tissue that connects body parts
• lateral: On the side; moving sideways
• posterior: Positioned at or towards the back; later in time
• atrium: Open area in a building
• ventricle: Chamber of the heart that pumps blood to arteries
• pulmonary: Concerning the lungs/disease of the lungs
• sinus: Space in the skull that connects with the nostrils
• thoracic: Concerning the chest or thorax
• aorta: Large artery that carries blood from the heart
• carotid: Of two major arteries supplying blood to head/neck