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Across
  1. 3. lining of the internal body cavities like the mouth, nose and lungs
  2. 5. dried nasal mucus trapping particles
  3. 7. two external openings of the nasal cavity
  4. 8. thin wall of cartilage in your nose separating both nostrils
  5. 10. processes smell information by relaying signals from the nose to the brain for interpretation
  6. 12. filters, warms, and humidifies inhaled air, while also being the site for the sense of smell and immune defense
  7. 13. system network of organs that takes in oxygen and expels carbon dioxide
  8. 14. air-filled cavities in the skull surrounding the nose to help filter and warm air.
Down
  1. 1. the process of detecting and interpreting odors
  2. 2. organ that intakes and filters air
  3. 4. they bind to specific receptors on olfactory neurons in the nose, which triggers a signal that is sent to the brain for interpretation as a smell
  4. 6. proteins that detect and distinguish odor molecules, initiating the sense of smell by converting chemical signals into electrical signals
  5. 9. stem controls respiratory function
  6. 11. hair-like lining in the nose trapping foreign particles.