Respiratory System

2. This structure protects the vocal chords with cartilage.
5. The increase in depth of breathing.
7. This is where gas exchange occurs in the lungs.
10. This crucial muscle of respiration moves up and down with breathing.
12. The total amount of exchangeable air that can move in and out of the lungs.
14. Air exiting the lungs.
15. These muscles elevate the ribs during breathing.
17. Air going inside of the lungs
18. This part of the brain deals with the rhythm of respiration in it's cardiac center.
19. Increased rate and depth of breathing that can be caused by anxiety, panic, high altitude.

1. Passageway for food & air that hold tonsils and has features for speech production.
2. Inflammation of the voice box caused by overuse, irritation, or infection.
3. This lung has three lobes.
4. Known as a collapsed lung.
6. These cells detect changes in pressure.
8. This law states that each gas exerts it's own pressure known as partial pressures.
9. This law states that the pressure of a gas in a closed state will expand to fill the container.
11. The temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep.
13. The act of breathing.
16. This structure is a flap that prevents food from entering the air passageways.