Respiratory

1. Shortness of breath when lying down that is relieved by sitting up.
3. Two prongs placed in nostrils under the nostrils and plastic tubing attached loops around the ears as a source of oxygen delivery.
4. The inhalation of food or drink into the lungs; can cause pneumonia or death.
6. Difficulty breathing/labored breathing
7. The process of inhaling air into the lungs (inspiration), and exhaling air out of the lungs (expiration).
8. A temporary suspension or absence of breathing.
9. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, a combination of emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
11. A chronic, incurable lung disease in which the alveoli in the lungs become filled with trapped air: usually results from smoking and chronic bronchitis.
12. The process of taking air into the lungs and pushing it out again.

1. Colorless odorless gas that makes up 21% of the air we breathe.
2. An air passage that goes from the throat (pharynx) to the bronchi; also known as the windpipe.
5. Composed of nose, nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, and lungs.
10. To draw into the mouth and puff out the smoke of tobacco.