Respiratory conditions

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Across
  1. 2. The inflammation process causes this in the airways which leads to a wheeze sound
  2. 3. How fast you can breathe out and assess lung function by recording how well the lungs receive, hold and utilise air
  3. 5. When lungs become filled with fluid/tissue in place of air causing breathlessness
  4. 7. This condition causes destruction of the alveolar septa
  5. 12. The method of gaseous exchange across the cells
  6. 13. The shape of the chest in someone with emphysema
  7. 16. The V/Q imbalance
  8. 17. Bluish discolouration of the skin and/or mucous due to increased levels of deoxygenated blood in the small vessels
  9. 18. Clinical condition as a result of a high blood PH (>7.45)
  10. 19. Reduction on tissue oxygenation
Down
  1. 1. Decreased respiratory rate
  2. 4. Increased respiratory rate
  3. 6. These can trigger some respiratory conditions like asthma
  4. 8. The mechanism of disease in the body
  5. 9. The collective term for disorders affecting the respiratory system
  6. 10. Coughing up of blood or bloody secretions
  7. 11. A collection of fluid in the tissues due to leakage from cell walls
  8. 14. These are the small air sacs in the lungs
  9. 15. A reversible chronic inflammatory disease