Respiratory System
Across
- 2. where the lungs and blood exchange oxygen and oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of respiration
- 3. Inflammation of bronchi and bronchial tubes
- 7. exhalation
- 8. a thin skeletal muscle that sits at the base of the chest and separates the abdomen from the chest.
- 9. the natural opening through which food passes into the body of an animal.
- 12. the projection in the center of the face
- 13. with oxygen
- 14. cartilage between nasal cavities
- 15. bronchospasms narrow the openings of the bronchioles
- 16. Highly contagious viral infection
- 19. a serous membrane that covers the lungs and lines the thoracic cavity
- 20. network of organs and tissues that help you breathe
- 21. a leaflike piece of cartilage that prevents food from entering the airways
- 22. exhalation
- 23. without oxygen
- 25. small hairlike structures that line the nasal cavity
- 26. any chronic lung disease that results in obstruction of the airways
- 28. inflammation of nasal mucous membranes
- 29. moving of air
Down
- 1. the exchange of gas between the alveoli and the external environment.
- 4. inflammation of membranes of the lungs
- 5. the region between the abdomen inferiorly and the root of the neck superiorly.
- 6. cavity or air spaces in a bone
- 7. Walls of alveoli deteriorate and lose their elasticity
- 10. process of breathing
- 11. inflammation of the voice box and vocal cords
- 14. Inflammation of mucous membrane lining sinuses
- 17. a nosebleed
- 18. infectious lung disease caused by bacteria
- 19. having to do with lungs
- 24. carry air to small sacs in your lungs called alveoli
- 27. the large air passages that lead from the trachea to the lungs