Respiratory Terms

2. oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the cells and blood vessels.
3. an instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs
5. a cavity within a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities.
11. also known as breathing, involves both bringing air into the lungs and releasing air to the atmosphere.
14. the supply of air to the lungs, especially by means of a machine or device used to support or replace the breathing of a person who is ill, injured, or anesthetized.
15. one of the tiny hairlike structures of many cells that make lashing movements.
17. the membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the esophagus.
19. rapid and deep breathing, also called overbreathing, and it may leave you feeling breathless.
20. the part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords and the opening between them. It affects voice modulation through expansion or contraction.

1. occurs when a clump of material, most often a blood clot, gets stuck in an artery in the lungs, blocking the flow of blood.
4. the volume of air in the lungs upon the maximum effort of inspiration, in most adults this is about 6 liters.
6. a substance which tends to reduce the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved.
7. each of a pair of serous membranes lining the thorax and enveloping the lungs in humans and other mammals.
8. the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords in humans and other mammals; the voice box.
9. a flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
10. a large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.
12. any of the many tiny air sacs of the lungs which allow for rapid gaseous exchange.
13. exhalation of breath.
16. the drawing in of breath; inhalation.
18. is the cartilage and bone in your nose which divides your nose into left and right sides.