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When we breathe in air through our nose and mouth, the air passes down the windpipe (trachea) and bronchial tubes into the lungs. The cilia which are made up of small hairs and mucous (a sticky fluid also found in the nose) help to clean this air as it moves down and into the lungs by removing small pieces of dirt, dust, and germs.
Cigarette smoke will damage the cilia since it will be harder to get rid of the bacteria and dust particles inside the windpipe (trachea) and the bronchi. This will be dangerous since it will enter to the lungs and cause/ develop lung infections.
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Cigarette smoking paralizes small cell extensions that beat to create an upward current what are these extensions called?
cilia
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.
When does cilia do not resume proper function after smoking?
Your cilia do not get affected by the occasional smoking. Cilia are affected in chronic smokers. But then there is probably nothing like occasional smoking. You are either a chronic smoker or nonsmoker. Smoking two cigarettes can make you addicted to smoking. Your cilia get damaged by chronic smoking. The pseudstratified ciliated epithelium is eventually replaced by stratified squamous epithelim in case of the chronic smokers. Such type of change is called as metaplasia. If you stop the smoking the original epithelium is resumed eventually.
What affect does cigarette smoke have on the cilia in a lung?
none
Does Cigarette smoking affect cholesterol?
Cigarette smoking lowers HDL cholesterol, as does malnutrition and obesity
What is an example of a disease in which cilia are damaged?
Smoking.
When was Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man created?
Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man was created on 1996-11-17.
Cigarette smoke interferes with the normal functioning of cilia in the?
bronchial tubes
How did zayn from one direction start smoking?
by smoking a cigarette
A waste product of cigarette smoking?
The cigarette butt (filter) the plastic wrapping around the packet the packet the ash that is made while smoking the lighter you used to light the cigarette the smoke you exhaled your brain when you are smoking :)
What does it mean smoking that cancer?
If you mean "Smoking a cancer stick" it means smoking a cigarette.
How does cigarette smoking impact the risk of testicular cancer?
A 2004 study showed that cigarette smoking increased risk of testicular cancer and quitting smoking did not reduce the risk.
