Across
- 1. Muscles that run between the ribs and lets the lungs contract and expand
- 5. Dome shaped muscular partition separating the thorax and the abdomen
- 7. The total amount of air let out after maximal inhalation
- 11. The total amount of air in the lungs after maximal inhalation
- 12. Element that exits your lungs when you exhale
- 15. Connects the pharynx to the stomach
- 16. The process of letting air out of your lungs
- 17. 2 external openings in the nasal cavity
- 19. Tiny air sockets in the lungs
- 21. 2 large tubes that carry air from your windpipe to your lungs
- 22. Element that enters your lungs when you inhale
- 23. An infection that effects one or both lungs (usually caused by the cold)
- 24. Throat
Down
- 2. The most important organ in the respiratory system
- 3. Protects larynx
- 4. Eyelash
- 6. The action of breathing
- 8. The primary branch of a bronchus
- 9. The airway from the larynx to the bronchi
- 10. A type of lung disease that causes brethlessness
- 13. The process of letting air into your lungs
- 14. Protects lungs
- 18. Voicebox
- 20. Contains digestive and respiratory organs