Across
- 7. A large airway that leads from the trachea (windpipe) to a lung.
- 8. the act of taking a substance into the body by breathing.
- 9. a cartilaginous segment of the respiratory tract located in the anterior aspect of the neck
- 10. the process whereby gases move from an area of high pressure to low pressure
- 12. a series of chemical reactions that break down glucose to produce ATP
- 15. a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either side of the chest (thorax)
- 16. two bands of muscle inside your voice box (larynx) that allow you to vocalize, or make sounds
Down
- 1. a protein found in the red blood cells that carries oxygen in your body and gives blood its red colour.
- 2. Tiny air sacs at the end of the bronchioles
- 3. A tough, flexible tissue that lines joints and gives structure to the nose, ears, larynx, and other parts of the body.
- 4. A tiny branch of air tubes in the lungs.
- 5. the flow of the breath out of an organism.
- 6. The hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus
- 11. The airway that leads from the larynx (voice box) to the bronchi
- 13. The flap that covers the trachea during swallowing so that food does not enter the lungs
- 14. spaces between the ribs