Respiratory System Diseases

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Across
  1. 2. Chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs consisting in an obstruction of the airflow caused by chronic exposure to irritating gases or smoke.
  2. 4. Substances that can cause allergies and also trigger asthma crises
  3. 5. Lung disease consisting in a destruction of the alveoli (air sacs) with degeneration of their walls, leaving empty spaces in the lungs that can no longer participate in the gas exchange.
  4. 8. Main cause of emphysema
  5. 9. Narrowing of the airways with excess of mucus caused by a combination of a genetic predisposition and environmental factors that trigger attacks.
Down
  1. 1. Main cause of most types of lung cancer
  2. 2. Development of abnormal cells in the lungs that lose their function, multiply out of control causing tumors and can spread to other tissues (metastasis).
  3. 3. General causes of pneumonia
  4. 6. Inflammation of the alveoli (air sacs), due mostly by bacteria, fungi or virus infections.
  5. 7. Main cause of COPD