RESPIRATORY
Across
- 6. maximum amount of air that can be inhaled after a relax expiration
- 8. Procedure done prior to ABG
- 9. Tube-like structure which connects nasal and oral cavities to the larynx
- 12. Amount of air that can be inspired or expired after a normal respiratory cycle
- 13. process of gas exchage
- 14. also known as windpipe
- 16. measures the amount of oxygen being carried by RBC
- 19. Actual blood flow through the pulmonary circulation
- 20. Enlarged RBC's
Down
- 1. type of alveolar cells
- 2. primary cause of COPD
- 3. covers opening to the larynx during swallowing
- 4. anti inflammatory agent
- 5. amount of air exhaled after maximal inspiration
- 7. effects of anesthesia and restricted breathing with pain
- 10. movement of air in and out of the lungs
- 11. A complex inflammatory process that increases airway resistance
- 15. Primary site of gas exchange
- 17. Excessive inflation of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli
- 18. cannot be measured by spirometer