Across
- 2. Has air sacs that are connected to the circulatory system via capillaries
- 3. air enters the lungs; inhale
- 5. meausures the amount of air moving in and out of the lungs
- 6. bones that divide the nasal cavity
- 8. enlargement at the top of the trachea, houses your vocal cords
- 14. Form of energy created during cellular respiration
- 17. air to blood exchange
- 18. space in the lungs for the heart
- 20. air leaves the lungs; exhale
- 21. Leads to the bronchial tree; windpipe
Down
- 1. part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords
- 4. blood to tissue exchange
- 7. spongy tissue that sit within the pleural cavity
- 9. Space within the bones that reduce the weight of the skull.
- 10. disease where there is an overall lack of oxygen content within the body's tissue and vital human organs
- 11. keeps lungs from collapsing; lack of this makes the first breath hard for newborns
- 12. tiny air sacs in the bronchioles
- 13. Behind the oral cavity, between the nasal cavity and larynx
- 15. This flap closes when you swallow, preventing food from going into the airway
- 16. the amount of air that can be forced in or out by taking a deep breath
- 19. A gas that is exchanged during the process of respiration.