Vocabulary: The Respiratory System

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Across
  1. 5. the passage between the nose/mouth and the larynx
  2. 7. holds the vocal cords and produces sound
  3. 8. to take in breath
  4. 9. the two passages that lead from the trachea to the left and right lungs
  5. 10. air sacs at the ends of the bronchioles; gas exchange happens between these and the capillaries
  6. 11. the respiratory system begins with the ____ and mouth
Down
  1. 1. hollow tube (windpipe) that connects the larynx to the left and right bronchi
  2. 2. a sheet of skeletal muscle that runs under the lungs; helps lungs by pushing and pulling as we inhale and exhale
  3. 3. the smallest air passageways that come off the bronchi
  4. 4. to let out (release) breath
  5. 6. flap of elastic cartilage that is attached to the larynx and closes as food passes by