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