Across
- 2. A position of sitting forward and leaning on outstretched arms by a person with respiratory distress to facilitate lung expansion
- 5. A combination of muscles in this region activate to enable active expiration
- 7. This gas makes up 79% of atmospheric air
- 9. The chemical formula for the by-product of cellular metabolism that is removed by the respiratory system
- 10. 97% of oxygen is transported to the cells by combining with this
- 12. Abbreviation for the lobe of the lung that can only be auscultated anteriorly
Down
- 1. Another word for shortness of breath
- 3. This gas makes up 21% of atmoshperic air
- 4. A lipoprotein that lines the alveolus to reduce surface tension
- 6. The principle muscle of respiration
- 8. Respiratory accessory muscles that raise the 1st and 2nd ribs
- 11. The number of seconds that a RBC is in the pulmonary capillaries to participate in gas exchange