Ciliated cells are also affected by tar.

Smoking On the top, is a healthy epithelial cell,

while on the bottom, is a ciliated cell
coated with tar from smoking.
The effect from smoking on the ciliated
An article regarding smoking, what it epithelial cells in the trachea and lung
contains and how it affects your are that the cilia become damaged and
body. inflamed (such as the picture on the
bottom right). This causes the cilia hairs
Smoking is considered as many, a form of to not move as fast. This allows the dust
relaxation and status. and bacteria to be inhaled into the
lungs. This allows the lungs to be
Cigarette smoke contains over 4000 known susceptible to inflammation and disease.
chemicals in them, as well as over 50 Even though some bacteria is trapped in
known carcinogens (cancer diseases). the mucus, the cilia is to damaged to
Examples include arsenic (rat poison), create a current to move the mucus
formaldehyde (embalming fluid, used to upward and allows the bacteria to reduces the amount of oxygen that can
preserve dead people/animals), ammonia multiply. be diffused into the muscles. Because
(used in household cleaning) and cyanide
Carbon monoxide is another substance of this, less air can be exchanged with
(deadly poison).
which is harmful to the body. The CO carbon dioxide. Since the cilia is
Even though these chemicals are harmful to enters the lungs, with the tar and damaged by the tar, this can cause the
your body, this is not what causes addiction. oxygen. It then diffuses into the bacteria to manifest on the mucus. As
The drug that people are addicted to is bloodstream which attaches to the red explained before, this forces the
called nicotine. blood cells. Since carbon monoxide has smoker to forcefully cough out the
a stronger affinity with haemoglobin, phlegm (mucus).
Nicotine is found in cigarettes. When
more of the carbon monoxide bonds
inhaled, the nicotine in the cigarette is Emphysema is another disease which
with the haemoglobin rather than the
carried through the bloodstream, to the is similar to bronchitis. Emphysema is
oxygen, leading to shortness of breath,
brain where it sends responses to the nerves considered the loss of elasticity in the
while breathing and exercising. Because
to stimulate. However, since the nicotine’s lungs. One of the reasons this happens
of this smokers tend to quit exercising,
effect wears off after about 30 minutes, is because the structures that support
because of smoking. Carbon monoxide
smokers find themselves taking another the alveoli have been destroyed. This
also releases fat deposits in the heart,
cigarette to induce more nicotine into their leads to a lack of air, or an increased
which circulates in the bloodstream.
bloodstream. Nicotine has the effect of breathing rate. This also can be the
This causes the arteries to become
making your blood pressure rise, restrict cause of air being trapped in your
clogged and will eventually lead to a
the heart pumping blood through arteries, lungs. The people who often have this
heart disease or a heart attack. Since the
therefore oxygen can't get past it, to the disease usually hyperventilate to retain
effect in carbon monoxide causes the
muscles. a sufficient amount of oxygen in their
oxygen content in the haemoglobin to lungs. Since haemoglobin has a red
Ciliated epithelial cells are found in the become more attached to the red blood appearance, they are usually bright
nose and trachea. They are also found in the cell. This in turn does not allow the pink in the face. Emphysema is usually
lining from the ovaries to the uterus, used to oxygen to diffuse into muscles. found in elderly people with a history
move the ovum to the uterus. The hairs on of smoking. The smoke that is
Another effect of tobacco smoke is
the cilia make a wave, which creates a produced by cigarette smoke trapped
bronchitis (chronic). This is the
current. This current attracts the dust and inside the lungs. This causes the lungs
inflammation of the bronchi. This is
bacteria particles towards the ciliated to become inflamed. Chemicals which
usually defined as persistent coughing,
epithelial tissue. The goblet cell produces are released during the inflammation
and mucus being produced from the
mucus which the dust and bacteria are period cause the walls of the alveoli to
trachea. This is also detected by
trapped inside. This mucus cell is moved by break down. Eventually, the heart
shortness of breath, or wheezing. Tar
the current up to the throat where the person starts to pump more and more blood.
and carbon monoxide are the main
can choose whether to spit it out or to This leads to blood pressure rising, and
cause for this because if the tar coats the
swallow it, where it will dissolve in the more heart problems.
lungs, the oxygen becomes harder to
stomach.
diffuse. The carbon monoxide also