Respiratory System

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