Heart, lung & Respiration.
Across
- 2. In muscle cells, what is the byproduct of anaerobic respiration?
- 5. Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
- 6. What is the primary energy-carrying molecule produced in respiration?
- 9. What is the name of the sugar that is broken down during respiration?
- 10. What tiny air sacs in the lungs are the site of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange?
- 14. What is the flap of tissue that prevents food from entering the trachea?
- 17. Which part of the lung is responsible for the distribution of air to the alveoli?
- 18. What type of blood vessel carries blood toward the heart?
- 19. What muscle contracts and relaxes to help inflate and deflate the lungs?
- 20. What is the main organ responsible for gas exchange in the body?
Down
- 1. What is the waste gas produced by aerobic respiration?
- 3. What is the tube that carries air from the throat to the lungs?
- 4. Which blood vessels exchange nutrients and oxygen with tissues?
- 7. Which two tubes branch off from the trachea and lead into the lungs?
- 8. What is the main organ responsible for pumping blood throughout the body?
- 11. What is the term for the movement of air into and out of the lungs?
- 12. What is the term for respiration that uses oxygen?
- 13. What is the name of the largest artery in the body?
- 15. What gas is required for aerobic respiration?
- 16. What is the muscular wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart?