Respiratory Muscle Function and Anatomy

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Across
  1. 3. is caused by trauma when there are multiple ribs broken leading to paradoxical breathing
  2. 5. A type of expiration that uses the contraction of abdominal and thoracic muscles
  3. 6. Consists of 3 accessory muscles that are located laterally on the neck and assist when someone has a lung disease and has difficulty breathing
  4. 7. The diaphragm is higher on our right side because the ______ sits right underneath it
  5. 9. When certain respiratory muscles contract or relax the __________ of the thoracic cavity changes
  6. 13. Accessory muscles in the neck that becomes active as respiration intensifies.
  7. 16. When the external intercostals contract it _____ the volume of the thoracic cavity
  8. 18. Nerve that consist of motor and sensory fibers that innervate each half of the diaphragm.
  9. 19. Contraction of the diaphragm causes it to __________
  10. 20. During inspiration the abdominal muscles _______
Down
  1. 1. ___________ Nerves that are part of the somatic nervous system and innervate the muscles involved with forced expiration.
  2. 2. As intrapulmonary pressure increases, __________ volume decreases
  3. 4. Contraction of these muscles pulls the ribs inward and down
  4. 8. _______ intercostals facilitate inspiration and are located downward and forward between the ribs.
  5. 10. When the abdominal muscles contract during forced expiration, the diaphragm is pushed _____________
  6. 11. While at rest the diaphragm is ________ shaped
  7. 12. Main muscle involved in breathing
  8. 14. The diaphragm has ______ openings.
  9. 15. _________ in the thoracic cavity changes when the volume changes due to the contraction or relaxation of respiratory muscles
  10. 17. The thoracic cage consists of the _______, twelve thoracic vertebrae and 12 ribs