Health Issues (the Respiratory System)

Question 1

What is Asthma?

Answer 1

It develops when the bronchial tubes become swollen or inflamed. The muscles around the tubes contract to make the tubes narrow and it causes wheezy breathing.

Question 2

Brown inhaler -

Blue inhaler -

Answer 2

Brown inhaler - the preventer

Blue inhaler - the reliever

Question 3

Inhalers work by…

Answer 3

Putting a fine spray of chemical around the air tubes inside the lungs

Question 4

What ingredients of tobacco are in cigarettes?

Answer 4

Nicotine - addictive and powerful poison
Tar - sticky brown substance and collects in lungs
Carbon monoxide - odourless gas
Ammonia - strong smelling

Question 5

What are two smoking related diseases?

Answer 5

Bronchitis - lining of the bronchiole swells due to irritation by bacteria and smoke.
Smoker’s cough - the airways are lined with ciliated cells, and goblet cells, which produce mucus and clean the air