Across
- 6. also called the windpipe
- 7. respiratory disease where airways of lungs become narrow or inflamed
- 8. passageway that transports air, food, and liquids from the nose and mouth
- 9. flap of tissue between tongue and larynx that controls destination of food and liquid
- 10. grape like clusters which are the main sites of gas exchange
- 13. common cold
- 15. inflammation of the lungs
- 18. nasal hairs that prevent particles from entering the nose
- 21. contracted by breathing in air droplets
- 22. combination of vital capacity plus residual volume
Down
- 1. area between lungs
- 2. clusters of lymphatic tissue that are the first line of defense
- 3. detects muscle contraction and forces generation through exercise
- 4. dome shaped muscle that helps inhalation and exhalation
- 5. triangular shaped space that houses structures that produce speech
- 6. inflammation of the tonsils
- 11. main airways branching off the trachea into the lungs.
- 12. allows lung to expand and contract smoothly against each other
- 13. space behind the nose, divided by the nasal septum
- 14. main cause of lung cancer
- 16. inner walls of alveoli are damaged and later rupture
- 17. spreads quickly
- 19. volume of gas increases=pressure of gas decreases
- 20. occupy almost entire thoracic cavity