respiratory system

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Across
  1. 2. Exhalation of breath
  2. 4. tiny air sacs of the lungs
  3. 5. tiny hair-like structures on the surface of cells
  4. 11. the greatest volume of air that can be expelled from the lungs
  5. 12. A disease where the inner walls of the lungs' alveoli are damaged, causing them to eventually rupture
  6. 13. the body space between the thorax and pelvis
  7. 16. an infection in the lungs that causes the air sacs, or alveoli, of the lungs to fill up with fluid or pus
  8. 17. major air passages of the lungs
  9. 18. forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cord
  10. 21. a single breath
  11. 22. disease that affects your lungs that causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness
Down
  1. 1. what we breathe in
  2. 3. the volume of air remaining in the lungs after maximum forceful expiration
  3. 6. the drawing in of breath
  4. 7. extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs
  5. 8. groups of muscles that run between the ribs, and help form and move the chest wall
  6. 9. the membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth
  7. 10. human thoracic cage consisting of 12 pairs of these
  8. 14. muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen
  9. 15. what we breathe out
  10. 19. external openings of the nasal cavity
  11. 20. oxygen from the air that is inhaled is transferred into the blood