RESPIRATORY

4. Tube-like structure which connects nasal and oral cavities to the larynx
7. type of alveolar cells
8. Excessive inflation of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli
9. Actual blood flow through the pulmonary circulation
10. also known as windpipe
12. measures the amount of oxygen being carried by RBC
13. primary cause of COPD
15. Enlarged RBC's
18. cannot be measured by spirometer
20. occur in other body parts
23. amount of air exhaled after maximal inspiration
24. Procedure done prior to ABG
25. movement of air in and out of the lungs

1. effects of anesthesia and restricted breathing with pain
2. anti inflammatory agent
3. needle puncture through the chest wall
5. maximum amount of air that can be inhaled after a relax expiration
6. process of gas exchage
11. Amount of air that can be inspired or expired after a normal respiratory cycle
14. communicable disease that commonly attacks the lungs, although
16. Removal of a lobe of a lung
17. Removal or stripping of thick, fibrous, membrane from visceral pleura
19. covers opening to the larynx during swallowing
21. A complex inflammatory process that increases airway resistance
22. Primary site of gas exchange