RESPIRATORY SYSTEM FOR DUMMIES

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Across
  1. 2. A muscle situated between the ribs
  2. 4. the process or act of breathing in
  3. 8. tiny balloon-shaped structures where the lungs and the blood exchange nutrients in the process of breathing in and breathing out
  4. 9. Connective tissue found around the body
  5. 11. two bands of smooth muscle tissue found in the larynx
  6. 13. The voice box
  7. 15. An expiration of air from the lungs.
Down
  1. 1. the process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions
  2. 3. The branches from the bronchus
  3. 5. a flap of cartilage located in the throat
  4. 6. A pair or organs in the chest area
  5. 7. A protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to tissues and organs in the body and carries carbon dioxide back to the lungs.
  6. 10. two large tubes that carry air from your windpipe to your lungs.
  7. 12. the part of the throat behind the mouth and nasal cavity, and above the oesophagus and trachea The airway that leads from the larynx (voice box) to the bronchi
  8. 14. The airway that leads from the larynx to the bronchi