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How is smoking harmful to your lungs?
Your lungs are the reasons you body has Oxygen. In your lungs, we do produce mucus, which we cough up because of the cilia in our lungs. Smoking causes this cilia to not move the mucus out of your lungs which in turn causes problems.
What disease causes overproduction of mucus in vital organs such as the lungs?
Many different diseases can cause mass production on mucus it's a bodies natural defence mechanism against microorganisms
Where does all the snot come from?
The snot comes from the lungs and mucus membranes. Mucus is meant to protect the lungs and membranes and contains antibodies that are designed to help kill disease.
Which condition causes thick mucus to form in the lungs pancreas and intestines?
Cystic fibrosis
How speed up the percent of cf?
The percent of CF affects millions it is a life threatening disease you get genetically. This disease cause mucus to build up and clog the bodies organs and can lead to many more problems with the lungs and digestive system.
What is the name of the disease that results in mucus building up in your chest or lungs?
bronchitis or pneumonia
A disorder in which the body produces abnormally thick mucus in the lungs and intestines is called?
The genetic disorder that causes the body to produce unusually thick mucus in the lungs and intestines is cystic fibrosis.
What problem would be caused if the mucus became too thick?
Depends where ... but in the lungs it causes a fatal condition.
What would be an example of deletion mutation disease?
Cystic fibrosis: characterized by abnormally thick mucus in the lungs, intestines, and pancreas
How do you use mucus in a sentence?
mucus- mucus in the lungs makes breathing difficult
How do the lungs protect us from disease?
If any Microorganisms get into our lungs it gets caught in the mucus and is then carried up into our breathing system by the cilia, it is then swallowed and killed by the hydrochloric acid in our stomach
What function of mucus in the lungs?
the function of the mucus blanket in the lungs is to filter and moisten the air.
