Circulatory / Respiratory
Across
- 1. Voice box; located between the pharynx and trachea.
- 4. First organ in the respiratory tract; filters, warms, and moistens air.
- 5. Tiny blood vessels where oxygen and nutrients pass into tissues.
- 8. Muscle that helps expand the chest for breathing.
- 9. Blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
- 11. Smaller branches of the bronchi that lead to alveoli.
Down
- 1. Pair of organs where gas exchange takes place.
- 2. System responsible for gas exchange in the body.
- 3. Blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart.
- 6. Shared pathway for food and air, also called the throat.
- 7. Muscular organ that pumps blood through the circulatory system.
- 10. Windpipe; connects the larynx to the bronchi.