Respiratory Terminology

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Across

  1. alveolar epithelial cell and the pulmonary capillary endothelial cell (20)
  2. spherical sacs (7)
  3. bag (12)
  4. windpipe (8)
  5. cell found in the epithelium of the lung (25)
  6. connective tissue cell with granules which contain heparin and histamine (9)
  7. branch of the trachea (13)
  8. lung (9)
  9. cell of the pulmonary alveoli which secretes surfactant (22)
  10. openings that permit air flow between adjacent alveoli (13)
  11. big-eater (10)
  12. deeper layer of connective tissue (9)
  13. the special name for epithelia (q.v.) lining blood and lymph vessels (10)
  14. eyelashes (5)
  15. connective tissue cell (derived from monocyte) digesting foreign particles (12)
  16. first portion of the respiratory tract where gas exchange actually occurs (22)
  17. membrane that lines various cavities in the body and surrounds internal organs (6)
  18. involved in the process of gas exchange between the alveoli and blood (22)
  19. simple squamous epithelium lining the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels (11)
  20. alveolar cells (11)
  21. respiratory tube which, in relaxed state, has corrugations due to cartilage rings (7)
  22. smallest of a body's blood vessels (9)
  23. Cell of the pulmonary alveoli (13)
  24. all cells touch the basement membrane yet has the appearance of being stratified (16)
  25. last ring of trachea has a keel-like projection in the fork between the bronchi (6)
  26. glassy, translucent, crystalline (8)
  27. simple epithelium where not all apical borders of cells reach lumen, thereby appearing to be stratified (27)
  28. main airway that conducts air into the lungs (15)
  29. epithelium where the surface cells are flat; either simple or stratified (8)
  30. passageway which contains alveolar sacs (13)
  31. cone-shaped passageway leading from the oral and nasal cavities in the head to the esophagus and larynx (7)
  32. involuntary muscle which does not have cross striations (13)
  33. tubes lined by epithelium (14)

Down

  1. dome-shaped cells with short microvilli, found in the small airways of the lung (26)
  2. with hair-like projection found on the apical surface of some epithelium (8)
  3. small branch of the bronchial tree which contains no cartilage in the wall (10)
  4. mucus-secreting epithelial cell named for its shape (6)
  5. a depression at vascular entrance/exit of a gland or organ (5)
  6. a small lobe (6)
  7. type of epithelium where the cells are as tall as they are wide (8)
  8. phagocytic cells derived from monocytes (11)
  9. plate of ethmoid bone (10)
  10. cells responsible for storage and metabolism of lipids (9)
  11. cavities of a tubular organ or part (6)
  12. respiratory tube which, in relaxed state, has corrugations due to cartilage rings (6)
  13. branches of the trachea (7)
  14. cell in the deepest layer of epithelium (10)
  15. connective tissue layer underneath epithelium (14)
  16. thin sheet which cells rests upon (17)
  17. divide into two branches (9)
  18. thin sheet of protein underlying epithelium (12)
  19. protein constituent of all mucus (5)
  20. bronchioles just before the respiratory branch (20)
  21. large air filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face (12)
  22. cells covering organs and structures, or lining spaces, tubes (10)
  23. type of blood cells with distinct cytoplasmic granules which stain pink with eosin (11)
  24. type of cartilage with a glassy appearance (7)
  25. an epithelial cell that is taller than it is wide (13)
  26. air passages in lung (10)
  27. cartilage with glassy appearance (17)
  28. space enclosed by tubular or vesicular structure (5)
  29. a flexible elastic tissue (9)
  30. an epithelium characterized by surface cells taller than they are wide (8)
  31. branch of the left bronchus (18)
  32. phagocytic cell found in the alveoli of the lungs; also called an alveolar macrophage or an alveolar phagocyte (9)
  33. slime (5)
  34. an organ in an animal's body that synthesizes substances (5)
  35. depressions in seeds (6)
  36. cell of the pulmonary alveoli (10)
  37. hair-like projections on epithelial cells (6)
  38. a type of phagocyte and are normally found in the bloodstream (10)
  39. a juicy berry, a grape; applied to small, rounded terminal secretory units of compound exocrine glands (6)
  40. microscopic sac in the lung (8)
  41. granuloycte; granules of this type of white blood cell take up the dye eosin (10)
  42. one of the two channels of the nose (7)


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