Across
- 5. a passage or airway in the lower respiratory tract
- 7. carries air to and from your lungs (also known as windpipe)
- 11. muscles that run between ribs and form the chest wall
- 12. responsible for producing sound (voice box)
- 14. an air sack/ air space
- 15. releasing air during the breathing process
Down
- 1. uses oxygen and releases carbon dioxide as a waste product
- 2. carries air to the lungs during inhalation process
- 3. Gases moving from a high pressure to a lower pressure
- 4. when the body brings in oxygen
- 6. a condition when a cartilage covers the windpipe
- 8. A flexible connective tissue used throughout the body
- 9. filters, warms and moistens air as it travels to the lungs
- 10. a rich iron protein which carries fresh oxygen to your cells
- 13. an organ that allows the breathing process to occur