Parts Of The Respiratory System

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Across
  1. 1. Muscle that helps your lungs pull in air and push it out
  2. 3. Bones that surround and protect your lungs and heart
  3. 6. Tubes at the bottom of your windpipe that connect into each lung are called _____ tubes
  4. 7. An Opening that pulls air from outside your body into your respiratory system, also used to consume food
  5. 8. Blood vessels in the alveoli walls that move oxygen and carbon dioxide
  6. 12. An Opening that pulls air from outside your body into your respiratory system, also used to smell
  7. 13. Tiny hairs that move in a wave-like motion to filter dust and other irritants out of your airways
  8. 14. lobes Sections of the lungs — three lobes in the right lung and two in the left lung
  9. 15. Two organs that remove oxygen from the air and pass it into your blood
  10. 16. Passage connecting your throat and lungs
  11. 17. Tube that delivers air from your mouth and nose to the trachea, also called the Pharynx
  12. 18. Hollow areas between the bones in your head that help regulate the temperature and humidity of the air you inhale
Down
  1. 2. Tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place
  2. 4. Small branches of the bronchial tubes that lead to the alveoli
  3. 5. Thin sacs that surround each lung lobe and separate your lungs from the chest wall
  4. 9. Hollow organ that allows you to talk and make sounds when air moves in and out
  5. 10. Tissue flap at the entrance to the trachea that closes when you swallow to keep food and liquids out of your airway
  6. 11. an adjective that describes anything related to how we breathe