Medical Terminology - Respiratory
Across
- 4. The drawing of foreign substance (i.e. gastric contents) into the respiratory tract during inhalation
- 6. The absence of breathing
- 9. Deficiency or lack of exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during ventilation
- 11. Inflammation of the mucus membrane of the nose
- 12. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes
- 14. Excessive discharge of mucus from the nose
- 16. Coughing up blood from the respiratory tract
- 17. Drug delivery device used to change medication from a liquid to a mist to be inhaled into the lungs
Down
- 1. Spasmodic contraction of the smooth muscle of the bronchi
- 2. Hives
- 3. Shortness of breath subjective difficulty in breathing
- 5. An agent that loosens and clears mucus and phlegm from the respiratory tract
- 7. Inflammation of the mucus membrane of the nose
- 8. An agent that causes widening of bronchi and bronchioles
- 10. An agent that relieves/suppresses cough
- 13. A high pitched, noisy respiration indicative of respiratory obstruction
- 15. To breathe noisily and with difficulty usually with a whistling sound