SMOKING

Question 1

What is the respiratory system?

Answer 1

• controls your breathing
• diaphragm controls when you inhale and exhale
• breath in air
• breath out Co2

Question 2

What affect does smoking have on cilia?

Answer 2

• attracts the cilia (burns them)
• deform or destroys the cilia so they are no longer able to do their job.
  The cilia are used as protection from chemicals to the lungs
• the chemicals from smoking enter the lungs.

Question 3

What affect does smoking have on the alveoli?

Answer 3

• smoke breaks the thin walls of the alveoli
• the alveoli can burst or swell
• decreases efficiency of diffusion
• reduces surface area to volume ratio
• their walls break down and join together. increases risk of COPD

Question 4

What causes smokers to be less fit that non-smokers?

Answer 4

• The haemoglobin in red blood cells picks up carbon monoxide a lot easier than oxygen.
• causes increase lactic acid.
• reduces oxygen- carrying capacity of the blood which increases breathlessness.

Question 5

What are some symptoms of a smoker on health?

Answer 5

• Shortness of breath
• twice as likely to suffer from injury
• poorer overall health
• lower endurance levels
• impairs natural development in teenagers
• increased risk of cancer and asthma and respiratory diseases.

Question 6

Which type of athletes would be most affected from smoking?

Answer 6

• endurance athletes.

Question 7

What does the cigarette smoke damage?

Answer 7

• cells lining the trachea
• bronchi and bronchioles
• these have cilia on them