Respiratory System
Across
- 2. In one year people in the US suffer 1 billion of these.
- 6. Sometimes called the windpipe.
- 7. Specialist in the respiratory system.
- 8. A flap that closes over the trachea to keep food and water from entering the lungs.
- 10. A type of COPD in which the alveoli are damaged and the body does not get the oxygen it needs. Often caused by smoking.
- 12. The main breathing muscle that lies under the lungs.
Down
- 1. Chronic disease with symptoms of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath
- 3. Spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks.
- 4. Can prevent pneumonia and the flu.
- 5. Small air sacks at the end of each branch of the bronchi.
- 9. A test where a person blows into a tube as long and hard as they can is called a _______ Function Test.
- 11. Also known as the voice box.