Across
- 3. A thick, slippery secretion that functions as a lubricant and protects various surfaces.
- 5. A defect in the chest wall that allows for free movement of a segment, causing paradoxical chest wall movement.
- 9. (___ Breathing) An asymmetrical chest wall movement caused by a defect (flail chest) that lessens respiratory efficiency.
- 11. The act of retching or striving to vomit; a normal reflex triggered by touching the soft palate or the throat.
- 12. To pass a tube into the opening of the body
- 13. Open; not obstructed
Down
- 1. The amount of air inhaled and exhaled in one minute; respiratory rate time the tidal volume.
- 2. A membrane lining many of the body cavities that handle air transport, usually containing small, mucus-secreting glands.
- 4. Mechanical process that moves air in and out of the lungs
- 6. The microscopic air sacs where the oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange takes place
- 7. (Pulmonary ____) Blood clot or other thrombus in the pulmonary circulation that adversely affects oxygenation of the blood.
- 8. To take foreign material into the lungs during inhalation
- 10. The exchange of gases between a living organism and its environment