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What causes plaque to accumulate on the walls of the arteries which makes them thicken and lose elasticity?
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What causes the arteries to lose there elasticity?
When the artery walls lose their elasticity, this is called arteriosclerosis. When this happens, the body has a tougher time circulating blood.
What causes elasticity?
compression or expansion of an elastic material causes elasticity.
What is an illness of the lungs which causes the air sacs to expand and lose their elasticity?
this could be cause by a condition called fibrosis where the alveoli walls scar and thicken making a larger diffusion distance. also causing the walls to lose elasticity. this could be cause by a condition called fibrosis where the alveoli walls scar and thicken making a larger diffusion distance. also causing the walls to lose elasticity. this could be cause by a condition called fibrosis where the alveoli walls scar and thicken making a larger diffusion distance. also causing the walls to lose elasticity.
What Food Ingredient causes cheese sauce to thicken?
Either it is the evaporation of the water from the cheese that thickens, however usually flour is added that causes it to thicken as with other sauces.
What causes the milk to thicken and form curds?
Enzymes such as "rennet".
How changes in lung tissue reduce effectiveness if gas exchange?
reduced elasticity in the lung tissue means that less air can fill the lungs when somone breathes in making it harder to breathe. asbestosis is a diease where the asbestos fibres cause the destruction of phagocytes and the surrounding lung tissue becomes scarred and fibrous, the fibrous tissue reduces elasticity of the lungs and causes the alveolar walls to thicken.
Acromegaly is a growth disorder that causes facial features to thicken?
true
What causes auricles to regain their former size?
Elasticity of their structure.
What causes marbles to bounce off each other?
elasticity
What is the name of the force in rubber bands that causes it to retract?
Elasticity?
What is the meaning of curdle?
To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle., To thicken; to congeal., To change into curd; to cause to coagulate., To congeal or thicken.
What will over mixing do to the batter?
it causes the molecules in the batter to thicken and become heavier
