Circulatory and Respiratory
Across
- 3. rib muscles that contract to make chest get bigger and rise
- 4. blood vessels around alveoli where gas exchange occurs in the lungs
- 6. smallerish arteries
- 7. voltage graph of heart contractions, ecg or ekg
- 11. breathing out
- 13. the “pacemaker” of the heart
- 14. inflammation of the bronchii
- 16. wall between heart ventricles
- 20. (2 words) spiral boney structure in nose that warms and humidifies the air
- 21. bones found in the heart
- 23. narrow airways between bronchii and alveoli
- 24. carry blood to the lungs where it is oxygenated
- 31. space inside the chest. aka chest cavity
- 36. location of the vocal cords
- 43. brings blood to right atrium from head/neck areas
- 45. measure of acidity. Usually 7.4 in normal blood
- 47. cells involved in clotting
- 49. pulmonary veins lead to here
- 50. gas produced by cellular respiration
- 52. blockage of these can cause heart attack
- 53. also means hella tight
- 55. stops blood from going backwards in veins. There are also 4 in the heart.
- 56. pumps blood to the systemic circulation
- 60. main branches that come off of the trachea
- 61. special nervous tissue that sends pump signal to ventricles after the AV node
- 62. chemical messengers that move in blood
- 64. carry blood away from the heart
- 66. when lungs fill up with fluid
- 67. heart rate
- 70. location of sino-atrial node
- 71. atrio-ventricular valve on right side of heart
- 74. squirrel nests keep these warm
- 77. eat a lot of bacteria, generally and are called white blood cells
- 78. pocketed valve that stops blood from entering right ventricle
- 79. heart muscle contracting
Down
- 1. blood with high relative carbon dioxide partial pressure
- 2. heart muscle relaxing
- 5. brings blood to the lungs, through the lungs, and back to the heart
- 8. atrio-ventricular valve on left side of heart
- 9. blood circuit that brings blood to and from most organs
- 10. rhymes with heart
- 12. blood with high relative oxygen partial pressure
- 15. it’s lowest in the veins
- 17. gas required for cellular respiration
- 18. single lung air sac
- 19. wave that shows atrial systole
- 22. beat - relax -beat…
- 25. also known as nare
- 26. tiny air sacs where gas exchange in the lungs occurs
- 27. make noise when vibrating, producing sounds
- 28. ion and main form of carbon dioxide while dissolved in blood
- 29. blood entering the pulmonary capillaries oxygenated blood leaving the pulmonary capillaries
- 30. breathing in
- 32. protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide
- 33. brings blood to right atrium from the abdominal/legs areas
- 34. valve just before aorta
- 35. special cells that pause the heartbeat signal between the atria and ventricles
- 37. ventricle with deoxygenated blood
- 38. shared with the digestive system, aka throat
- 39. chambers in the mammalian heart
- 40. you have to have it to do well in biology
- 41. right and left ____. Together they make up the bronchii
- 42. tiny vessels made for exchange
- 44. sweep mucus and debris out of airway
- 46. only veins with oxygenated blood
- 48. causes air to rush into the lungs as the diaphragm contracts
- 51. large skeletal muscle that is directly related to breathing in and out
- 54. breathing above the normal depth and frequency
- 57. really important protein for blood clotting
- 58. cells that contain hemoglobin and are red
- 59. muscle tissue found in most of the heart
- 63. acellular part of blood
- 65. Stiller’s shoe size
- 68. cartilage flap that covers the airway when swallowing
- 69. smallerish veins
- 72. carries blood away to the heart
- 73. large airway attached to larynx and bronchii
- 75. largest artery
- 76. Stiller’s favorite color