Respiratory Madness
Across
- 3. The combining form for larynx, also known as the "voice box" (includes slash)
- 4. Prefix meaning below normal, below, or deficient (includes hyphen)
- 10. The surgical removal of an entire lung
- 13. Also called the throat; it helps you breathe and digest food
- 14. A condition that causes your airways to swell, narrow and fill with mucus
- 15. Suffix that means "breathing" (includes hyphen)
- 16. Also called the windpipe; it helps carry air to your lungs and back out of them
- 17. Abbreviation for carbon dioxide
- 18. Abbreviation for "respiratory care unit"
- 19. Prefix meaning "slow" (includes hyphen)
- 20. The combining form for diaphragm (includes slash)
Down
- 1. A procedure where a healthcare provider uses a bronchoscope to look into your windpipe and lungs
- 2. Suffix that means "voice" (includes hyphen)
- 5. Suffix meaning chest or pleural cavity (includes hyphen)
- 6. A type of therapist that gives patients oxygen, manages ventilators, and administers drugs to the lungs
- 7. The combining form for bronchus or bronchial tube (includes slash)
- 8. A diagnostic test where you breathe in and out of a tube that measures the flow of air through the lungs
- 9. The two major organs of the respiratory system
- 11. Condition where the airways leading to your lungs (trachea and bronchi) get inflamed and fill with mucus
- 12. An over-the-counter treatment for asthma and other afflictions that open up the airways and allow the patient to breathe easier