Across
- 2. Chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs consisting in an obstruction of the airflow caused by chronic exposure to irritating gases or smoke.
- 4. Substances that can cause allergies and also trigger asthma crises
- 5. Lung disease consisting in a destruction of the alveoli (air sacs) with degeneration of their walls, leaving empty spaces in the lungs that can no longer participate in the gas exchange.
- 8. Main cause of emphysema
- 9. Narrowing of the airways with excess of mucus caused by a combination of a genetic predisposition and environmental factors that trigger attacks.
Down
- 1. Main cause of most types of lung cancer
- 2. Development of abnormal cells in the lungs that lose their function, multiply out of control causing tumors and can spread to other tissues (metastasis).
- 3. General causes of pneumonia
- 6. Inflammation of the alveoli (air sacs), due mostly by bacteria, fungi or virus infections.
- 7. Main cause of COPD