Respiratory Therapy (pt. 2)
Across
- 4. disease that refers to air trapping and overinflated alveoli
- 5. helps reduce surface tension
- 7. smallest unit of the lungs
- 10. disease that refers to an infection of the bronchi
- 12. element crucial for various bodily processes
- 13. drug contained in EPIPENs to reverse "anaphylactic shock" during severe allergic reactions
- 16. organ system which refers to the heart and lungs
- 17. type of respiratory disease; impaired exhalation of air
- 19. the use of drugs and medication to induce sleep/analgesia/paralysis
Down
- 1. disease that refers to cessation of airflow during sleep
- 2. the point in which the two bronchus diverge
- 3. abnormal breathing
- 5. number 1 cause of COPD
- 6. used in alleviating the effects of asthma
- 8. lack of oxygen in the blood
- 9. high respiratory rate (more than 20 breaths per minute)
- 11. type of respiratory disease; impaired inhalation of air
- 14. ruptured alveoli due to overfilling with air
- 15. machine used to assist ventilation
- 18. also known as the "windpipe"