Respiratory System Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. air sacs in the lungs
  2. 4. volume volume of air inhaled
  3. 6. elongated opening between the vocal cords
  4. 7. thin-walled branches of a bronchial tube
  5. 10. the act of exhaling
  6. 13. the act of breathing
  7. 14. wall of muscle that separates the chest and abdomen
  8. 15. lies between the soft palate and hyoid bone in the pharynx
  9. 18. contagious disease caused by tubercles in the lungs
  10. 19. voice box
  11. 20. cords folds at the top of the windpipe that produce the sound
  12. 22. upper part of the pharynx connected to the nasal cavity
  13. 24. pleura covers the surface of the lung
  14. 25. disease in the lungs that causes difficulty in breathing
  15. 27. volume the volume of air left after an exhale
Down
  1. 1. tissue in the nose that helps filter the air we breathe
  2. 3. the act of inhaling
  3. 5. swelling and soreness of the bronchial tubes
  4. 8. cartilage large cartilage of the larynx
  5. 9. tube that carries air to lungs
  6. 11. prevents food from entering the windpipe
  7. 12. part of pharynx that lies between the hyoid bone and larynx
  8. 16. serous membrane lining the walls of the thoracic cavity
  9. 17. cartilage ring shaped cartilage in the larynx
  10. 21. pleura lines the inside of the rib cage and the diaphragm
  11. 23. A fluid secreted by the cells of the alveoli
  12. 26. part of throat above the larynx