Airway Cross Word

Across
1. Oxygen chemically bound to hemoglobin
5. Inspiratory muscles are composed of ___________ muscle
7. Spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm with the sudden inspiration cut short by the closure of the glottis
8. Destruction and collapse of the alveolar walls
10. The pressure of the gas within the alveoli
13. Inspiratory _______; tidal volume plus the inspiratory reserve volume
15. Comprises 79% of atmospheric gas
17. ________ respiration; the transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the inspired air and pulmonary capillaries
18. Location of the pneumotaxic center
19. Comprises 21% of atmospheric gas
20. Liters per minute
22. The gas that remains in the respiratory system after forced expiration
23. Tidal volume ´ Respiratory rate
Down
2. One method of rescue breathing
3. Difficulty with speech
4. Excessive loss of exhaled carbon dioxide
6. Active inhalation of food, a foreign body, or fluid into the airway
8. Absence of breathing
9. The pressure of the gas around us
11. ___ dead space refers to the anatomical dead space plus the volume of any nonfunctional alveoli
12. ___ respiration; the transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the peripheral blood capillaries and the tissue cells
14. The ease with which the lungs and thorax expand during pressure changes
16. The volume of gas inhaled or exhaled during a normal breath
21. Nerves responsible for moving the diaphragm originate from the third, fourth, and fifth cervical spinal nerves
Answers: Apnea, Internal, Aspiration, LPM, Nitrogen, Dysphonia, Oxyhemoglobin, Oxygen, Phrenic, Capacity, Atelectasis, Skeletal, Mask, Minute Volume, Tidal Volume, Pons, Hypocarbia, Physiological, External, Atmospheric, Hiccough, Residual Volume, Compliance, Intrapulmonic