Across
- 1. protects larynx
- 3. the total amount of air let out after maximal inhalation
- 4. the airway from the larynx to the bronchi
- 5. contains digestive organs
- 8. an infection that effects one or both lungs
- 10. the most important organ in the respiratory system
- 11. exits your lungs when you exhale
- 14. enters your lungs when you inhale
- 16. dome shaped muscular partition separating the thorax and the abdomen
- 17. 2 large tubes that carry air from your windpipe to your lungs
- 19. primary branch of a bronchus
- 21. a type of lung disease that causes breathlessness.
- 22. throat
- 23. the process of letting air into the lungs
- 25. voicebox
Down
- 2. muscles that run between the ribs and let the lungs contract and expand
- 6. connects the pharynx to the stomach
- 7. the amount of air in the lungs after maximal inhalation
- 9. tiny air sockets in the lungs
- 12. 2 external openings in the nasal cavity
- 13. the process of letting air out of the lungs
- 15. protects lungs
- 18. eyelash
- 20. The action of breathing.
- 24. a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and may produce extra mucus.