The Respiratory System
Across
- 6. taking in fluid, food, or foreign objects into airway or lungs during inspiration
- 7. a debilitating form of COPD involving damage to the alveoli resulting in lack of oxygen to the body
- 8. abnormal crackling sounds heard during auscultation due to fluid or mucus in the airway
- 10. harsh high pitched sound during respiration indicates airway obstruction
- 11. temporary interruption of breathing
- 13. course rattling or high pitched snoring sound heard when listening to the lungs due to airway restriction
- 14. polyp a tumor with stem of new grow in the nose or nasal cavity
- 15. Unusual breathing pattern that has periods of apnea followed by gradual increasing respirations
- 17. sudden periodic attacks of dyspnea accompanied by wheezing; caused by swelling or spasms in the mucus membranes of the bronchus
Down
- 1. breathing is easier when sitting up straight
- 2. condition of bluish tint to the skin due to lack of oxygen circulating to the tissues
- 3. a condition of deeper than normal breathing
- 4. difficulty or painful breathing
- 5. childhood disease characterized by a barking cough and high pitched breathing
- 9. collapsed or airless lung cause by any condition that prevents the alveoli from expanding normally to allow breathing and coughing
- 12. slower than normal breathing
- 16. normal breathing