Respiratory System
Across
- 4. smaller tubes inside of the lungs that branch off of the bronchi
- 7. tubes inside of the lungs
- 9. breathing apparatus
- 11. small flap in the back of the throat that covers the opening to the trachea when eating
- 12. air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange happens
- 14. the muscle that helps us breathe
- 15. tiny blood vessels that move oxygen and nutrients through the blood stream
- 16. the part
- 20. act of taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide
- 21. what the sinuses, nose, and throat do to air
- 22. produced in sinuses to help moisten the air
- 23. occurs in the lungs
- 25. scientific name for the throat
Down
- 1. the gas we need to live; we breathe it in
- 2. what we exhale
- 3. breathing and eating apparatus
- 5. blood vessels that carry de-oxygenated blood
- 6. the type of blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood
- 8. what carries the oxygen to all parts of the body
- 10. sinuses in the head behind and around the nose that are used to filter, moisten, and warm the air as well as lightening up the skull
- 13. voice box
- 17. what happens to gases you do not use
- 18. main respiratory organs
- 19. windpipe
- 24. little hair like appendages in the lungs