Across
- 2. The transporter of gases in the bloodstream
- 3. Gaseous exchange between the capillaries and muscle tissue
- 5. This thin muscle contracts and passively relaxes
- 6. Poisonous gas inhaled when smoking
- 9. Extra muscles of inspiration
- 11. Training area above 1500m
- 14. Brought about by the scalenes and pectoralis major
- 16. Condition causing narrowing of the bronchioles
- 17. Gas used aerobically to generate energy
- 20. Cluster of tiny air sacs
Down
- 1. Blood vessels that are one cell thick
- 4. The movement of gases across a membrane
- 7. Effect/shift caused by increased acidity
- 8. Group of additional expiratory muscles
- 10. Cavity in which air is inspired, warmed and moistened
- 12. The partial pressure of oxygen in muscle tissues
- 13. This describes the diffusion path between the alveoli and capillaries
- 15. Respiration at the lung site
- 18. Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in atmospheric air
- 19. The partial pressure of oxygen in the atmospheric air