Respiratory Crossword

2. The central blank is located in the medulla near the respiratory control center
5. Pulmonary ventilation is equal to the tidal volume multiplied by the blank rate
6. These blood vessels encircle each alveolus
11. O2 and CO2 diffuse down partial blank gradients
13. Most oxygen is bound to this during transportation in the blood
16. There is total lung capacity at this level of lung inflation
18. These repository centers consist of the Dorsal and Ventral respiratory groups
19. Law States that at any constant temperature, the pressure exerted by a gas varies inversely with the volume of a gas
21. Where the respiratory airways lead
22. Carotid bodies are located in the blank sinus
24. Lungs have this type of recoil due to the connective tissue and alveolar surface tension
25. The percent blank is low where the partial pressure of oxygen is low e.g tissue cells

1. Another word for red blood cells
3. Respiration’s main goal is to obtain this gas for use by the body’s cells
4. Lungs are suspended in this sac which is like a completely closed box
7. These respiratory centers modulate activity of medullary centers to promote smooth breathing rhythms
8. One of the two processes of respiration used within the cells
9. Monoxide This gas is colorless and odorless and is the leading cause of death by poison
10. Complex This complex is a region rostral from the VRG where respiratory rhythm is generated
12. Thin walled inflatable sacs that function is gas exchange
14. These blank bodies are located in the aortic arch
15. Dioxide The pressure of this gas is directly related to pH
17. CO2 is physically blank when bound to hemoglobin
20. cells Cells of this shape are more rigid and more prone to break and result from a single point mutation
23. Intra-alveolar pressure is less than the blank pressure