7th Grade Respiratory System

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Across
  1. 2. bringing gases into the body
  2. 4. waste product produces from cellular respiration, expelled during exhalation
  3. 5. tube leading from the larynx to the bronchi
  4. 10. action of gases leaving the body via the respiratory system
  5. 11. the breakdown of sugar to release energy in the cells of the body
  6. 13. tube in the back of the throat used by the digestive and respiratory systems
  7. 14. condition when the bronchial tubes contract quickly as a result of an overreaction to a foreign substance
  8. 15. tissue flap at the bottom of the pharynx that covers the larynx during respiration
  9. 17. chemical used to release energy from sugars
  10. 18. and uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the lungs
Down
  1. 1. substances that cause cancer
  2. 3. flat muscle under the lungs that contracts and flattens to enable inhalation
  3. 6. sacs surrounded by capillaries in the lungs used for gas exchange
  4. 7. smaller tubes branching from the trachea and enter into each lung
  5. 8. condition where bronchial tubes are irritated and swell
  6. 9. smallest air passage in the lungs
  7. 12. a disease in which the alveoli in the lungs enlarge and can't push air out of the lungs
  8. 16. holds the vocal cords