Cilia are responsible for keeping out foreign substances in your lungs. When you smoke you inhale tar. The tar attaches to the cilia and over time sticks them together and keeps them from doing their job. Thus your lungs can become filled with outside substances such as pollen, dust....
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∙ 2010-01-20 05:04:33The nose is protected by cilia. Cilia are the tiny nose hairs that are found inside the nose. The cilia catch dirt and particles to prevent them from entering the nose.
The job of the cilia is to move around mucas and other stuff. so without the cilia your mucas would be blocked.
Epithelial cells I think.... or Cilia, no i think Cilia are hairs!
Cilia are tiny hairlike projections in, for example the small intestine, that increase the surface area. They usually have a good blood supply.
Tar will be completely removed from your lungs about a decade after you quit smoking, depending on how much you have smoked.
Tar sticks to the cilia in the lungs. These cilia brush dirt and dust up from the lungs and protect them
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The tar from the cigarettes sticks to the cilia, the tiny hair-like structures that line the airways in the lungs. The cilia typically acts as little brooms that sweep out harmful dirt - but when cigarette is smoked, the cilia can't work properly because the tar sticks to the cilia and is therefore covered
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it covers it in stickie tar
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it covers it in stickie tar
it makes the cilia clump together so they cannot prevent harmful materials from getting into the lungs.The tar sticks to the cilia, paralysing them, and making them unable to clear the airways of dust and bacteria.
Because the tar in cigarettes clogs up the wind pipe and the cilia.
Tar damages the cilia which is in the lungs. The cilia are hairs in the lungs that protect from dust. The dust then escapes into the lungs and people struggle to breathe. It stains your teeth and fingernails yellow too
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paralyzed cilia lining airways