This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Nursing & Healthcare Careers has 45 clues. Answers range from 4 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Condition of COPD
Third-most abundant element in the universe by mass
Most plentiful element in Earth ’s atmosphere
A condition in which airways of the lungs remain persistently widened
Performed using a flexible, lighted tube to examine the airways
The passage of blood through the blood vessels in an organ or tissue
Condition in which your heart's mitral valve doesn't close tightly, allowing blood to flow backward in your heart
Group of progressive lung disorders characterized by increasing breathlessness
Primary organs of the respiratory system
Organ for protection, regulation, and sensation
An inflammation of the lining of your bronchial tubes
Doctor who diagnoses and treats diseases of the respiratory system
Breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest
Condition in which the airways narrow and swell causing reversible obstruction.
Excessive inward curvature of the spine in the lower back.
Abnormality of the spine causing excessive curvature with pain and stiffness
Condition characterized by sideways curvature of the spine or back bone
Condition in which the lungs become scarred over time
Situated between the cells of a structure or part
Relating to the lungs
Carries blood from the right ventricle to the lungs for oxygenation
Breathing foreign objects into your airways
Infection of the air sacs in one or both the lungs
Inflammation of the thin layer of tissue that lines the lungs and chest wall
Lung disease that develops due to inhalation of asbestos
Disease caused by breathing in certain kinds of dust particles
Lung disease caused by prolonged exposure to talcum powder
Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP)
Smaller branches of the bronchial airways in the respiratory tract
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia, for short
Condition where fluid accumulates in lung tissues
Escape of fluid into a body cavity.
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
A rare autoimmune multisystem disease which causes inflammation of blood vessels
Highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs
An infection of the blood stream
Disorder in which pauses in breathing or periods of shallow breathing ocur during sleep
A collapsed lung that occurs when air enters the space around lungs
A surface-active lipoprotein complex (phospholipoprotein) formed by type II alveolar cells
A treatment that uses air pressure to keep your airways open while you sleep
A drug delivery device used to administer medication in the form of a mist inhaled into the lungs
Chemicals, often hormones, that your body makes naturally
Forms a ridge between the openings of the right and left principal bronchi
Condition in which an orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent
Computerized tomography