Respiratory System (pgs. 383-401)

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Across
  1. 2. This is a dome-shaped sheet of muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdomen.
  2. 3. This is a triangular chamber found below the pharynx.
  3. 5. The lungs are covered in this thin, moist, slippery membrane of tough endothelial cells called this.
  4. 6. This is another name for the windpipe.
  5. 9. Cavities of the skull filled with air in & around the nasal region.
  6. 10. These are fairly large, cone-shaped organs filling up the two lateral chambers of the thoracic cavity.
  7. 13. This is a condition in which a part of the lung fails to expand normally.
  8. 14. This is an abnormally rapid and shallow rate of breathing.
Down
  1. 1. This is commonly known as the throat.
  2. 4. This is a temporary stoppage of breathing movements.
  3. 5. This is also known as whooping cough.
  4. 7. This is the flap of cartilage lying behind the tongue.
  5. 8. The physical & chemical processes by which the body supplies its cells & tissues with oxygen is called this.
  6. 11. This is a disease in which the airway becomes constricted.
  7. 12. This is an infection of the lung.