Respiratory System Review
Across
- 2. "whooping cough"
- 4. the voice box is located here
- 6. combining form for tonsils
- 8. flap of cartilage that acts as a lid over the opening of the larynx
- 9. abbreviation for a test that measures the ventilation mechanics of the lungs: airway function, lung volume, the capacity of the lungs to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide efficiently
- 11. vaccine for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus
- 12. abbreviation tuberculosis
- 13. double-layered membrane surrounding the lungs
- 14. combining form for chest
- 15. air sacs
- 17. air in the chest/pleural cavity
- 19. the tonsils are located here
- 20. the adenoids are located here
- 22. acute inflammation and infection of the alveoli
- 24. abbreviation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- 26. combining form meaning straight/upright
- 27. collapsed lung
- 28. voice box
- 29. combining form for dust
Down
- 1. inflammation of the pleura
- 3. decreased oxygen in the blood
- 5. runny nose
- 7. exchange of air at the lungs
- 8. suffix meaning dilation
- 10. large surgical incision of the chest
- 13. fluid in the air sacs and bronchioles
- 16. abbreviation for a clot lodged in vessels of the lung
- 17. combining form for diaphragm
- 18. surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural space
- 21. exchange of gases at the level of the cells
- 23. rare malignant tumor in the pleura, usually caused by exposure to asbestos
- 25. combining form for carbon dioxide