Respiratory System: Organs
Across
- 2. hollow areas between the bones in your head, help regulate the air you inhale.
- 3. tissue flap at the enterance of the trachea that closes when you swallow.
- 6. small branches of the bronchial tubes that lead to aveoli.
- 8. tube that delivers air from your mouth & nose to trachea.
- 9. sections on lungs, 3 in right lung, 2 in left lung.
- 11. openings that pull air from outside your body into your respiratory system.
- 13. tiny hairs that move in a wave-like motion to filter irritants out of your airways.
- 15. 2 organs that remove oxygen from air & pass it into your blood.
- 18. smooth muscle tissue, found in the larynx.
Down
- 1. bones that surround & protect your lungs & heart.
- 4. thin sacs, surround each lung lobe & seperate lungs from chest wall.
- 5. muscle that helps your lungs pull in air & push it out.
- 7. blood vesicles in the alveoli walls that move oxygen & carbon dioxide.
- 10. tubes that deliver air from mouth & nose to trachea.
- 12. passage connecting your throat & lungs.
- 14. tiny air sacs in the lungs, exchange of oxygen & carbon dioxide.
- 16. above the mouth, has nostrils and used for breathing and smelling.
- 17. hollow organ that allows you to talk & make sounds when air moves in & out.