Respiratory System - Kishorn
Across
- 5. Two main parts of the respiratory system responible for breathing
- 7. The muscle underneath the lungs that helps to control breathing.
- 10. When the lungs INHALE air, the diaphragm moves...
- 12. Located in between the ribs and help ribcage move while breathing.
- 13. Gas taken INTO the lungs and bloodstream.
- 15. Tubes that extend from the bronchi and connect to the alveoli.
- 18. Air sacs at the end of the bronchioles responsible for gas exchange
Down
- 1. Gas that is breathed OUT or expelled from body.
- 2. "Plegm" or _______ is a liquid produced to keep airways and nasal passages moist and helps to remove bacteria when coughed.
- 3. Two tubes that carry air into the left and right lung.
- 4. Hairlike extensions of cells that rap dust/bacteria
- 6. Protein found on red blood cells that carries the oxygen in the bloodstream.
- 8. Tiny blood vessels that surround the alveoli and exchange gases.
- 9. Anatomy term for 'windpipe.'
- 11. Anatomy term for "throat"
- 14. The two lungs together weigh about ___ pounds.
- 16. The _______ system consists of the lungs and is responsible for gas exchange.
- 17. Flap of cartilage that covers the trachea so that food doesn't go down the 'windpipe.'