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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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What protects the nose?
The 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.
How does the paralysis of the cilia that line the airways affect ones health?
The job of the cilia is to move around mucas and other stuff. so without the cilia your mucas would be blocked.
What cells in the nose and throat trap dust particles?
Epithelial cells I think.... or Cilia, no i think Cilia are hairs!
Which of these is the best definition for cilia?
Cilia are tiny hairlike projections in, for example the small intestine, that increase the surface area. They usually have a good blood supply.
How long does tar stay in your lungs?
Tar will be completely removed from your lungs about a decade after you quit smoking, depending on how much you have smoked.
What dose tar do to the body?
Tar sticks to the cilia in the lungs. These cilia brush dirt and dust up from the lungs and protect them
What makes cilia clump together?
tar
What effect does tar have on the cillia?
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
What is a dark substance that makes cilia clump?
Tar
How does smoking affect the cilia?
it covers it in stickie tar
What chemical in tobacco smoke damages cilia?
Tar.
How does cigarette smoke affect the cilia?
it covers it in stickie tar
How does tar affect the cilia in your respiratory system?
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.
Why do smoking damage cilia alveoli and lungs?
Because the tar in cigarettes clogs up the wind pipe and the cilia.
What does tar in cigarette smoke do to you?
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
Which chemical in tobacco smoke may damage cilia in the respiratory system?
tar
Which is not a short term effect of tar on the body?
paralyzed cilia lining airways
