Teen health class
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- NICOTINE
- An additive found in tobacco.
- TAR
- A thick, dark liquid that forms when tobacco burns.
- CARBON MONOXIDE
- A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced when tobacco burns.
- RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- The set of organs that supply your body with oxygen and rid your body of carbon dioxide.
- TRACHEA
- The tube in the throat that takes air to and from the lungs (windpipe).
- BRONCHI
- Two tubes that branch from the trachea, one to each lung.
- DIAPHRAGM
- Large dome-shaped muscle below the lungs that draws air in and pushes air out.
- ALVEOLI
- Microscopic air sacs in the lungs where gases are exchanged.
- PNEUMONIA
- Infection of lungs by a virus or bacteria.
- ASTHMA
- Disease in which airways narrow.
- TUBERCULOSIS
- Communicable disease in which lungs get infected by bacteria.
- EMPHYSEMA
- Disease in which the alveoli are destroyed.
- LUNG CANCER
- Uncontrolled growth of tumors in lungs.