Across
- 2. whistling or sighing sound resulting from narrowing of the lumen of a respiratory passageway that occurs in asthma, croup, and hay fever
- 4. radiographic technique that uses electromagnetic energy to produce a scan of the chest and lungs
- 5. abnormal chest sounds resembling snoring that are produced in airways with accumulated fluids
- 7. bronchus
- 8. osmia
- 13. pnea
- 15. thorac/o
- 16. laryng/o
- 18. hemorrhage from the nose; also called nosebleed
- 19. deficiency of oxygen in the tissues; usually a sign of respiratory impairment
- 21. excision of the entire lung
- 22. rhin/o
- 23. cyan/o
- 24. collapse of the lung tissue, preventing exchange of O2 and CO2
Down
- 1. hormonal agents that reduce tissue edema and inflammation associated with chronic lung disease
- 3. disease characterized by decrease in alveolar elasticity
- 6. oxygen
- 9. pneum/o
- 10. agents that dilate the wall of the bronchi to increase air flow
- 11. acute, contagious respiratory infection characterized by sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, and muscle spasm
- 12. direct visualization of the bronchi using an endoscope
- 14. swallowing, eating
- 17. fine bubbling sounds heard during inspiration when there is fluid in the alveoli; also called rales
- 18. pus in a body cavity
- 20. acute infectious disease characterized by a "whoop"-sounding cough
- 25. respiratory syndrome that occurs primarily in children and is characterized by laryngeal obstruction and a barking cough