Respiratory System

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Across
  1. 2. bones of the upper jaw
  2. 3. cartilage/ makes up part of the larynx referred to as the Adam's apple in males
  3. 6. part of the throat made up of cartilage
  4. 8. air gets into the body
  5. 9. muscles/used during breathing causing lungs to contract increasing the size of the thoracic cavity located between the ribs
  6. 12. bone/bone situated in the anterior of the neck
  7. 13. cartilage attached to thyroid cartilage covers the colonic opening
  8. 15. air food and liquids middle part of the pharynx
  9. 17. air into the alveoli so it can be diffused into the blood
  10. 18. organ located in the mouth
  11. 19. mucus that drains out of the passages in your nose
  12. 20. main stem bronchus/Allow air to flow into and out of the lungs long and Nar
  13. 22. capillaries/Exchanges gas in the blood for gases in the inhaled air
  14. 23. main stem bronchus/allows air to flow into and out of the lungs wide and short
Down
  1. 1. only air most Superior fairings
  2. 4. collection of oropharynx nasopharynx and laryngopharynx that make up the…
  3. 5. jaw moves freely on hinge joints largest and strongest bone on the
  4. 7. cartilage/most inferior cartilage only cartilage that forms a full circle also connects to the trachea
  5. 10. system/the organs responsible for taking an oxygen expelling carbon dioxide
  6. 11. to breathing it also separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity
  7. 14. up of connective tissue and smooth muscle and maintains its shape due to 15 to 20 C shaped cartilaginous rings
  8. 16. grape-shaped sacks at the end of bronchioles that move oxygen into blood through capillaries
  9. 21. cavity/The space in your chest that contains organs blood vessels nerves and other body structures