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