Smoking effcets

Question 1

what are the six effects of smoking

Answer 1

Bronchitis
cancer
Cilia
Effect of tar
Carbon monoxide
Emphysema

Question 2

what is the effect of Tar

Answer 2

taris a caricogen (therefore increases the risk of cancer )
Irritates the lining of the air passage

Question 3

what is the effect of Carbon monoxide

Answer 3

can’t form haemoglobin
oxygen can’t be carried from lungs to tissue
reaction is irreversible

Question 4

what is the effect of Emphysema

Answer 4

walls of alveoli become weak
breathing becomes painful and hard
Coughing burst alveoli

Question 5

what is the effect of Bronchitis

Answer 5

Excess mucus collecting in the bronchi results in destruction of the cilia

Question 6

what is the effect of Cancer

Answer 6

smoking deposits tar in the lungs. Tar is a carcinogen which increases the risk of cancer

Question 7

what is tar

Answer 7

a carcinogen

Question 8

what is the effect of smoking on the cilia

Answer 8

Cilia’s normal job is to sweeps out mucus (so it can remove the mucus with trapped pathogens in)

Tar coats the cilia paralysing its job which increases the risk of infection.

Question 9

what is coronary heart disease

Answer 9

this is when the coronary arteries that supply blood to the muscles of the heart become blocked by layers of fatty material building up

This causes arteries to become narrow so blood flow is restricted and there is a lack of oxygen to the heart muscles—–> this can cause a heart attack

Question 10

what are causes of cornary heart disease

Answer 10

high saturated fat diets
smoking
being inactive— high blood pressure (damaging the arteries)