Cardiopulmonary System: Answer Key

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-

-pnoea

-itis

-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

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