4. Where is… refrigerator in your… kitchen?

5. IT is in… corner of… kitchen.

6. There are… mirrow in our… living-room.

7. There are… flowers in… vase.

8. I have… tea in my… cup.

9. He has no… coffee in his… cup.

10. What… book did take from… library on… Tuesday?

11. I have books,… exercise-books and pens.

12. I work.an office.

13. Whose.those pen?

Answer the questions.

1. How is the blood considered?

2. What is the blood composed of?

3. What does blood carry?

4. Where does the blood carry oxygen and nutrients?

5. What does the blood contain in the immune system?

6. What do the formed elements of the blood include?

7. Hoe do we also call red blood cells?

8. What area do erythrocytes have?

9. What do eosinophils have?

10. What appearance does the cytoplasm have?

Make the sentences of your own using the new words (10 sentences).

Find the definite and indefinite articles in the text.

Plasma is the extracellular component of blood. It is an aqueous solution containing proteins, inorganic salts, and organic com pounds. Albumin is the major plasma protein that maintains the osmotic pressure of blood. Other plasma proteins include the globulins (alpha, beta, gamma) and fibrinogen, which is necessary for the formation of fibrin in the final step of blood coagulation. Plasma is in equilibrium with tissue interstitial fluid through capil lary walls; therefore, the composition of plasma may be used to judge the mean composition of the extracellular fluids. Large blood proteins remain in the intravascu-lar compartment and do not equilibrate with the interstitial fluid. Serum is a clear yellow fluid that is separated from the coagulum during the process of blood clot formation. It has the same com position as plasma, but lacks the clotting factors (especially fib rinogen).

Lymphatic vessels

Lymphatic vessels consist of a, fine network of thin-walled vessels that drain into progressively larger and progressively thicker-walled collecting trunks. These ultimately drain, via the thoracic duct and right lymphatic duct, into the left and right subclavian veins at their angles of junction with the internal jugular veins, respectively. The lymphatics serve as a one-way (i. e., toward the heart) drainage sys tem for the return of tissue fluid and other diffusible substances, including plasma proteins, which constantly escape from the blood through capillaries. They are also important in serving as a conduit for channeling lymphocytes and antibodies produced in lymph nodes into the blood circulation.

Lymphatic capillaries consist of vessels lined with endothelial cells, which begin as blind-ended tubules or saccules in most tis sues of the body. Endothelium is attenuated and usually lacks a continuous basal lamina. Lymphatic vessels of large diameter resemble veins in their struc ture but lack a clear-cut separation between layers. Valves are more numerous in lymphatic vessels. Smooth muscle cells in the media layer engage in rhythmic contraction, pumping lymph toward the venous system. Smooth muscle is well-developed in large lymphatic ducts.