General

Question 1

What does Carbon monoxide do with red blood cells?

Answer 1

high oxygen binding to RBC in the blood - binds to haemoglobin and transported around the body - prevents oxygen binding - hypoxia

Question 2

endothelial cells release inflammatory markers in response to smoke exposure, what happens next?

Answer 2

leads to endothelial cell dysfunction, build up of ROS, cell loss, plaques in vascular vessels

Question 3

lowering BP reduces:

Answer 3

MI, CHF, Stroke risk