Respiratory System
Across
- 5. Floor of the thoracic cavity
- 8. Also called windpipe
- 10. Depression where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave the lung
- 11. Required for cellular respiration, needed to live
- 13. Diffuses in from the blood to the alveoli as oxygen diffuses out
- 14. Large paired organs that occupy the thoracic cavity
- 15. Air flows into this, this divides until air reaches the alveoli
Down
- 1. The opening into the larynx, flap of tissue
- 2. The middle part of the thoracic cavity
- 3. Openings into the nose
- 4. The trachea is supported by a ring of this word
- 6. Each lung is covered by this membrane
- 7. Cluster of microscopic air sacs
- 9. Superior part of the pharynx
- 12. Known as the voice box