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What are the consequences of a damaged cilia from inhaling cigarette smoke?
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The cilia helps to protect you from bacteria getting further than your throat. Damaging these can mean bacteria can get further down your throat making you more likely to get infections and mucus on the chest.
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When a person breaths in cigarette smoke the goblet cells produce extra mucus and the cilia are damaged what will be the conseuquences of this?
cilia protect you lungs by stopping and bacteria and dust from reaching them. if the cilia is damaged then dust and bacteria will be able to get down you throat and cause a lot of damage. hope this helped :)
Does cigarette smoke really affect your veins?
Smoking affects your circulation. The cilia that move cells through blood in your body are damaged. Blood vessels are damaged. Your heart beats faster and your blood pressure goes up.
What affect does cigarette smoke have on the cilia in a lung?
none
When a person breathes cigarette smoke cilia are damaged and much more mucus is produced What will the consequences of this?
because the ciliated cell helps to keep the body from inhaleing harmful things but when this organ is damaged the body will start inhaleing substances which could damage the heart and lungs because of the extra mucus which the ciliated cell will find it diffucult to work with.
What is an example of a disease in which cilia are damaged?
Smoking.
Cigarette smoke interferes with the normal functioning of cilia in the?
bronchial tubes
When a person smokes cigarettes will the action of the cilia in the respiratory tract decrease?
Occasional smoking temporarily disrupts the sweeping action of tiny hairs called cilia. Long-term exposure to cigarette smoke causes the cilia.
How does cigarette smoke cause cancer?
Cigarette smoking induces cancer, by damaging the cell's ability to absorb oxygen! The cells are actually poisoned by the thousands of toxic chemicals in tobacco products. The cilia of the respiratory tract are damaged and destroyed. In such a case they do not help the tract remove tobacco smoke and other toxins.
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
Cigarette smoking paralizes small cell extensions that beat to create an upward current what are these extensions called?
cilia
If the goblet cells produce extra mucus and cilia that are damaged what will happen?
you die of ventilation problems... :(
Which one of the following conditions is least likely to occur if the cilia in your respiratory system are damaged?
Multiple sclerosis
