Across
- 5. transports air to and from the lungs, warms and moistens air
- 6. letting oxygen and carbon dioxide move into and from the bloodstream during inhalation and exhalation
- 10. located in the center of your chest in an area called the mediastinum. It lies behind your windpipe (trachea) and in front of your spine.
- 12. Right middle side of the thoracic cavity
- 13. the space that lies between the pleura, two thin membranes that line and surround the lungs
- 16. pulls air into the lungs
- 17. located in the left hemithorax
- 19. bottom of the lung
Down
- 1. between the ribs
- 2. the boundary of the thoracic cavity.
- 3. protects the underlying muscles, organs, and important arteries within the front and center of the chest.
- 4. Left side of the thoracic cavity
- 7. one of two lungs located in the right hemithorax on the right of the heart and mediastinum
- 8. It arises from the base of the right ventricle of the heart and is approximately 50 mm long and 30 mm wide.
- 9. end ducts of the ramifying airways inside the lungs
- 11. moves blood throughout the body
- 14. facilitate gas exchange in the lungs
- 15. Higher ventilation/perfusion ratio, decreased paCO2 and increased paO2
- 18. makes and trains special white blood cells called T-cells