What is COPD?
chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
What are the causes of COPD?
smoking, exposure to air pollution and obseity
What loses the their elastcity due to COPD?
Lungs,airways and alveoli
What does the airways produce due to COPD more than usual amount?
The airways produce a lot of mucus more than usual due,to COPD.
What does a lot of mucus prosuce in the airways cause?
Cause clogging of the airways.
What happens to the linng of the airways?
They are inflammed.
What happens to walls between the alveoli due to COPD?
The walls between the alveoli are destroyed.
What happens to the airways from COPD?
The airways thicken
Give examples of COPD?
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema.