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The chemical from tobacco smoke that binds with hemoglobin causing red blood cells to carry less oxygen is carbon monoxide.

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Which chemical in tobacco smoke binds to hemoglobin causing red blood cells to carry less than their normal load oxygen?

Carbon monoxide


What is the chemical found in cigarette smoke that binds to hemoglobin in place of oxygen is?

Cyanide


Which chemical in tobacco smoke binds to hemoglobin causing red blood cells to carry less then their normal load of oxygen?

CO (carbon monoxide). It binds to the same sites on hemoglobin that oxygen would, except with a much greater affinity than oxygen does. Think of hemoglobin as a bus transporting oxygen from the lungs to the peripheral tissues, and think of CO as the guy who takes oxygen's seat so that he can't ride the bus. CO is also the chemical that kills people in house fires from smoke inhalation.


What chemical is NOT found in tobacco smoke?

glycerin


What chemical in tobacco smoke damages cilia?

Tar.


What harmful chemical is not found in tobacco smoke?

glycerin


What is the chemical in cigarette smoke that reduces the ability of blood to carry oxygen?

Carbon monoxide is the chemical in cigarette smoke that reduces the ability of blood to carry oxygen. It binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells more readily than oxygen, displacing oxygen and impairing its transportation to tissues.


What chemical found in tobacco smoke is also used in mortuaries?

Formaldehyde is a chemical found in tobacco smoke and is also used in mortuaries. Formaldehyde is known to be a known carcinogen.


What is a chemical in tobacco smoke that makes the heart beat faster?

AnswerNicotine.


What component of cigarette smoke affects the ability of hemoglobin to carry oxygen the around the body?

Carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke binds to hemoglobin in red blood cells more easily than oxygen, reducing the amount of oxygen that hemoglobin can carry to body tissues. This decreases the efficiency of oxygen transport in the bloodstream.


What gas found in cigarette smoke blocks the transport of oxygen by the hemoglobin in the blood?

CO (carbon monoxide). It binds to the same sites on hemoglobin that oxygen would, except with a much greater affinity than oxygen does. Think of hemoglobin as a bus transporting oxygen from the lungs to the peripheral tissues, and think of CO as the guy who takes oxygen's seat so that he can't ride the bus. CO is also the chemical that kills people in house fires from smoke inhalation.


What chemical in tobacco smoke that makes blood vessels become narrower?

You think probable to nicotine.