Nursing One Respiratory Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. difficulty breathing when supine
  2. 5. decreased delivery of oxygen to the tissues
  3. 7. depression decrease in the rate and depth of breathing
  4. 11. rapid, deep inhalation and exhalation of air from the lungs
  5. 12. decreased level of oxygen in the blood
Down
  1. 1. natural lubricant within the alveoli that prevents them from collapsing.
  2. 2. abnormally slow respiratory rate, can lead to retention of CO2
  3. 4. lung collapse caused by the collection of free air within the pleural space
  4. 6. labored breathing or shortness of breath that is painful
  5. 8. absence of breathing
  6. 9. respiratory rate less than 10 breaths per minute
  7. 10. respiratory rate greater than 20 breaths per minute