Medical Terminology - Week #12 terms

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Across
  1. 2. lung; air
  2. 7. flow
  3. 9. the tube that leads from the larynx to the lungs; also known as the windpipe
  4. 11. tiny, hollow air sacs clustered at the ends of the bronchioles; exchange gasses with the surrounding capillaries
  5. 14. lung
  6. 16. chest
  7. 18. tubes that branch out from the bronchi and travel down to the air sacs in the lungs
  8. 19. voice box
  9. 22. voice; sound
  10. 23. oozing of blood
  11. 28. nose
  12. 29. airway obstruction due to inflammatory reaction to a stimulus
  13. 30. organs that coordinate the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during the act of breathing
  14. 31. inflammation
Down
  1. 1. intrapleural space separating the sternum & the vertebral column
  2. 2. membrane surrounding the lung
  3. 3. involuntary contraction
  4. 4. inflammation of the lung due to bacterial or viral infection
  5. 5. tonsils located on either side of the throat
  6. 6. breath
  7. 8. windpipe
  8. 10. breathing
  9. 12. above
  10. 13. bronchial tube
  11. 14. membranes that line the surfaces of the lungs
  12. 15. a space near the pharynx that aids in voice production; also known as the voice box
  13. 17. tubes that branch out from the trachea into the right and left lungs
  14. 20. throat
  15. 21. oxygen
  16. 24. a hollow cavity within a bone
  17. 25. the passageway between the nasal cavity and mouth and the esophagus; also known as the throat
  18. 26. flap of cartilage that helps direct food & air down the correct tubes
  19. 27. puncture