AY Honor Cardiopulmonary System Answer Key

Cardiopulmonary System

Skill Level

1

Year

2021

Version

01.04.2025

Approval authority

Australian Union

1

What makes up the respiratory tract?

2

What muscles are involved in breathing?

3

Explain how changes in pressure help us breathe in and out. How do these pressure changes happen?

4

What can make it hard for air to flow in our lungs? How can problems in the shape of our lungs or sicknesses cause this?

5

Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the following medical prefixes and suffixes by giving their meaning:

5a

Hypo-

5b

Hyper-

5c

A- (an-)

5d

Tachye-

5e

Brady-

5f

Pneumo-

5g

-pnoea

5h

-itis

5i

-thoracic

6

Choose seven medical terms from the list below and give their meanings.

6a

Eupnoea

6b

Dyspnoea

6c

Apnoea

6d

Hyperpnoea

6e

Hypopnoea

6f

Orthopnoea

6g

Tachypnoea

6h

Bradypnoea

6i

Hyperventilation

6j

Hypoventilation

Bronchiectasis

6k

Respiratory arrest

6l

Dead space

7

Choose three lung problems from the list. Tell how they make it hard for someone to breathe and what might happen if they don’t get treated.

7a

Pneumothorax

7b

Asthma

7c

Pulmonary embolism

7d

COVID-19

7e

Pneumonia

7f

Tuberculosis

7g

Lung cancer

7h

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

7i

Pleural effusion

7j

8

Safely participate in a dissection of a lung, observing and discussing the following:

8a

Where in the lung respiration takes place

8b

The reason for different textures being present in the lung (e.g., lung tissue vs. trachea)

8c

The change of airway size based on location

8d

How airway size changes based on its location

8e

How pathologies from requirement 7 interact with the lung tissue

9

Discuss how Paul’s message in 1 Corinthians 12 can relate to how the heart and lungs operate together.

References

• Australian Union Cardiopulmonary System Honor