Respiratory system crossword
Across
- 1. Structure that filters, warms and humidifies incoming air (2 words).
- 5. Disease involving destruction of alveolar walls.
- 6. acidosis ABG interpretation where arterial pH is decreased and carbon dioxide (PCO₂) is elevated while bicarbonate remains within the normal range (2 words).
- 8. Chronic inflammatory disease causing reversible airway narrowing.
- 9. Substance that reduces surface tension in alveoli.
- 10. Movement of gases from high to low partial pressure.
- 12. Tendency of stretched lungs to return to resting size (2 words).
- 14. Two main airways that branch from the trachea into each lung.
- 16. Spirometry pattern where FEV1 decreases more than FVC, reducing the FEV1/FVC ratio.
- 17. Spirometry measure (abbrev.) representing the total volume of air exhaled during a forced breath.
- 19. Force that promotes collapse of alveoli (2 words).
- 20. Main form in which carbon dioxide is transported in blood.
Down
- 2. Muscles involved in forced expiration (2 words).
- 3. Thin membrane surrounding the lungs and lining the thoracic cavity.
- 4. Reduced carbon dioxide concentration in blood.
- 6. Long-term structural changes in airways due to chronic inflammation.
- 7. Microscopic hair-like structures that move mucus toward the pharynx.
- 11. Spirometry measure (abbrev.) representing the volume of air exhaled during the first second of a forced expiration.
- 13. cells Respiratory epithelial cells that secrete mucus (2 words).
- 15. Inflammation of the bronchial airways.
- 18. Primary muscle responsible for inspiration.