Respiratory System

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Across
  1. 1. Muscles that run between the ribs and lets the lungs contract and expand
  2. 5. Dome shaped muscular partition separating the thorax and the abdomen
  3. 7. The total amount of air let out after maximal inhalation
  4. 11. The total amount of air in the lungs after maximal inhalation
  5. 12. Element that exits your lungs when you exhale
  6. 15. Connects the pharynx to the stomach
  7. 16. The process of letting air out of your lungs
  8. 17. 2 external openings in the nasal cavity
  9. 19. Tiny air sockets in the lungs
  10. 21. 2 large tubes that carry air from your windpipe to your lungs
  11. 22. Element that enters your lungs when you inhale
  12. 23. An infection that effects one or both lungs (usually caused by the cold)
  13. 24. Throat
Down
  1. 2. The most important organ in the respiratory system
  2. 3. Protects larynx
  3. 4. Eyelash
  4. 6. The action of breathing
  5. 8. The primary branch of a bronchus
  6. 9. The airway from the larynx to the bronchi
  7. 10. A type of lung disease that causes brethlessness
  8. 13. The process of letting air into your lungs
  9. 14. Protects lungs
  10. 18. Voicebox
  11. 20. Contains digestive and respiratory organs