Respiratory System
Across
- 5. hemoglobin that has released oxygen is called ___
- 8. receptors that are sensitive to PCO2, PO2, or pH of blood or cerebrospinal fluid
- 11. secreted by Type II cells in alveoli
- 12. amount of air you can voluntarily expel after quiet respiratory cycle
- 13. inflammation of smooth muscle in bronchioles
- 15. elastic cartilage that covers the laryngeal inlet during swallowing
Down
- 1. when all four hemes of the molecule are bound to oxygen
- 2. the decrease in arterial PCo2
- 3. as branch and become smaller, have less cartilage and eventually have a complete layer of circular smooth muscle
- 4. cup-shaped, air-filled outpouching lined with simple squamous epithelium
- 6. the increase in arterial PCo2
- 7. measure of how easily the lungs expand
- 9. the most common “semi-lethal” genetic disorder in North America
- 10. amount of air you can take in above tidal volume
- 14. Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator