Across
- 1. leaf shaped flap in the throat that prevent food and drink from entering your windpipe
- 4. The main type of connective tissue found throughout the body.
- 6. A large tube that conveys air to and from the lungs, also known as the windpipe
- 7. bands of muscle within the larynx that vibrate to produce 'the voice'.
- 9. The large air passages from the trachea to the lungs.
- 11. paired saccular organs that allow oxygen into the blood and remove carbon dioxide.
- 13. a chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates.
- 14. The cavity behind the nose and mouth that connect them to the epiglottis.
- 16. a protein inside red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and organs in the body and carries carbon dioxide back to the lungs.
Down
- 2. referring to something situated between the ribs.
- 3. The action of breathing out/exhaling
- 5. Air passages inside the lungs that branch of like tree branches.
- 8. the net movement of molecules to from an area where they are at a higher concentration to areas where they are at a lower concentration.
- 10. The action of breathing in/inhaling
- 12. any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs that allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
- 15. The area in the throat that holds the vocal chords used for breathing, swallowing and talking.