The Respiratory System
Across
- 4. transports air to and from our lungs.
- 8. are smaller branches starting from the bronchi and then into the lung tissues and eventually to lung air sacs.
- 9. is a branch into our lungs.
- 11. is the max amount of air that can be released through your lungs after taking a big breath.
- 13. uncontainable cell division and tumors found in the lung tissue.
- 14. also is known as your throat is a passageway for air and leads to your windpipe.
- 18. move ribs during respiration.
- 19. is the swelling of the lining of the bronchioles.
- 20. is a condition and is caused by your alveoli failing which affects your lungs elasticness.
Down
- 1. something you use to drink and eat food, also it can be used for breathing air.
- 2. warms, moisturizes, and filters the air before it enters the lungs.
- 3. is caused when fluid or puss is stored in you lung air sacs which as a result causes your body to have a difficult time in providing oxygen to your bloodstream.
- 5. is a critical allergic reaction which causes difficulty in breathing.
- 6. are the smallest blood vessels in our bodies.
- 7. helps with the optimal functioning of the lungs during breathing.
- 10. separates the chest and abdominal, and flattens when you inhale and when you exhale the diaphragm relaxes and the air is pushed out of the lungs.
- 12. are units in the lungs were gasses are exchanged.
- 15. is the volume of gas that remains in the lungs after a maximal expiration of air in the lungs.
- 16. covers larynx during swallowing.
- 17. known as the voice box, maintains an open airway and properly distributes air and food correctly