Across
- 2. What would one do in order to clear the upper respiratory tract?
- 4. The passages that branch from the trachea and direct air into the lungs.
- 6. What are the small air sacs within the lungs associated with gas exchange?
- 9. What is the large muscle separating the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity that helps with breathing?
- 12. What are the tiny hairs that keep mucus and dirt out of your lungs?
- 13. What infection occurs when there is an inflammation of lungs where air sacs fill with liquid?
- 16. the process when cells break down oxygen and nutrients for energy
- 17. What is the windpipe also known as?
Down
- 1. How many lobes does the right lung have?
- 3. What is the flap over the trachea that prevents clogging?
- 4. small tubes that connect bronchi to alveoli
- 5. What is the voice box known as?
- 7. inhalation; taking air into the the body
- 8. What is the empty space within the skull that regulates the temperature and humidity of air taken into the body called?
- 10. air breathed in from the nose and mouth meet here
- 11. when the larynx is seen on the outside of the neck as a small bump
- 14. premature babies lack this fatty substance that prevents alveoli from collapsing
- 15. What is the breathing disorder characterized by coughing and wheezing?