Respiratory System

1. Large portion of CO2 is combined with water in plasma creating _________acid
3. Carbon ______ By-product of burning fossil fuels
4. Pleura tissue that lines chest wall.
5. Part of the respiratory system that is the common opening in the back of the mouth that is used for air exchange & swallowing.
6. clinically refers to “collapse” of the lungs
8. Tidal volume + inspiratory reserve volume + expiratory reserve volume = _________capacity.
10. Achondral airway that leads to alveolar ducts.
12. The respiratory system is most important & efficient body system for maintaining acid-base ___________
13. clinically refers to an artificial opening created in the trachea with apparatus
16. absence of breathing
17. Accumulation of pus in the thorax due to an infection of the pleural cavity
20. Firm cartilage structure at the opening to the major airways which allows animals to make sounds
21. The process of taking air into the lungs.

1. The trachea and main bronchi are ringed with
2. Volume of air moved during a complete respiratory motion
5. Presence of air within their chest cavity; however, this air is outside of the lungs.
7. clinically refers to a surgical procedure in which in incision is made into the trachea
9. Volume of air that can’t be expired
11. inflammation of the nose
14. The wall of the alveoli contain.
15. Hemoglobin binds with oxygen
18. a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
19. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) of horses