Respiratory Terms
Across
- 2. oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the cells and blood vessels.
- 3. an instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs
- 5. a cavity within a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities.
- 11. also known as breathing, involves both bringing air into the lungs and releasing air to the atmosphere.
- 14. the supply of air to the lungs, especially by means of a machine or device used to support or replace the breathing of a person who is ill, injured, or anesthetized.
- 15. one of the tiny hairlike structures of many cells that make lashing movements.
- 17. the membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the esophagus.
- 19. rapid and deep breathing, also called overbreathing, and it may leave you feeling breathless.
- 20. the part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords and the opening between them. It affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.
Down
- 1. occurs when a clump of material, most often a blood clot, gets stuck in an artery in the lungs, blocking the flow of blood.
- 4. the volume of air in the lungs upon the maximum effort of inspiration, in most adults this is about 6 liters.
- 6. a substance which tends to reduce the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved.
- 7. each of a pair of serous membranes lining the thorax and enveloping the lungs in humans and other mammals.
- 8. the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box.
- 9. a flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
- 10. a large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
- 12. any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
- 13. exhalation of breath.
- 16. the drawing in of breath; inhalation.
- 18. is the cartilage and bone in your nose which divides your nose into left and right sides.