Medical English

When people have a stuffy nose, this means that their ......... passages are clogged and there is a lot more pressure in the nose and head.

Treatment of this particular disorder was beyond the doctor's capability and he ..... the patient to a specialist.

When dentists extract all of your teeth, they replace the missing teeth with ......

..... are located in front of the teeth and this part of the face is often a slightly different color than the rest of the face. Women often wear gloss on these in order to accentuate them.

You ..... your shoulders. This is when you lift both of your shoulders usually to indicate indifference or doubt about something.

You ..... your nose when you have a cold or when your nose is stuffed for whatever reason. This is when people use tissues and forcefully blow out into tissues in order to empty their noses.

A(n) ..... is located directly above a person's shoulders. This part of the body contains a person's brain and face.

You can ..... to your friends when you see them. This is when you gesture 'hello' or 'goodbye' with your hand.

Do you think ..... factors have a bigger effect than heredity does on human behavior?

Some scientists say they will be able to determine whether or not human behavior is solely affected by genetics and/or how much is actually determined by environmental factors. They say they will be able to determine this via genetic ..... in the future.