Respiratory
Across
- 4. Chronic respiratory disorder in which the bronchi walls are thickened
- 6. The delivery of fluid through the blood vessels of body tissues
- 7. Volume forcefully expired in the first second after full inspiration
- 8. A broad term referring to diminished availability of oxygen to the body tissues
- 9. Volume of gas measured from a slow complete expiration without force after a maximal inspiration
- 11. Abnormal collection of fluid in the interstitial spaces of the lung and inside the alveoli
- 14. Deficient oxygenation of the blood
- 15. Destruction of alveolar and alveolar-capillary wall producing emphysematous blebs
- 18. The extent to which the lungs are able to return to their original position after being stretched or distended
Down
- 1. Methods used to clear secretions from the airways
- 2. The retention of excessive amounts of CO2
- 3. The movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide across the alveolar capillary membrane
- 5. The result of insufficient 02 or excessive C02
- 7. The amount of air forcefully exhaled
- 9. The movement of air from the external environment to the gas exchange units of the lung and back to the environment
- 10. An incomplete expansion or collapse of alveoli
- 12. Enlargement of the right side of the heart as a complication of PH caused by constriction of the pulmonary vessels
- 13. Effusion A collection of fluid in the pleural space
- 16. Lipoprotein produced by cells lining the alveoli which lowers surface tension within the alveoli
- 17. An inflammation of the pleura