her body is slowly getting sicker by the day. Cari’s story An infection in Cari’s nasal passage and pharynx can spread to her sinuses because her sinuses open into the nasal cavity and the throat. The cough reflex makes a coughing response to the larynx‚ pharynx‚ and the trachea-bronchial tree. Cari’s respiratory system is clearing her lungs the cilia moving the mucus from the lungs and it starts the cough reflex sending mucus to the pharynx therefore you are able to swallow it or spit it out. The
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the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health‚ also in Toronto. Scientists believe the increased risk comes when the body converts alcohol into acetaldehyde‚ a potent carcinogen. Cancer sites linked to alcohol use include the mouth‚ pharynx (throat)‚ larynx (voice box)‚ esophagus‚ liver‚ breast‚ and colorectal region. Cancer risk rises even higher in heavy drinkers who also use tobacco. Cardiovascular disease Heavy drinking‚ especially bingeing‚ makes platelets more likely to clump together into blood
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Inequality in Health Health is not just the outcome of genetic or biological processes but is also influenced by the social and economic conditions in which we live. These influences have become known as the ‘social factors of health’. An inequality in social conditions rises to unequal and unjust health outcomes for different social groups (health knowledge 2011). Health inequalities are not only apparent between people of different socio-economic groups but also exists between different genders
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Governs Respiratory Gas Exchange Page: 730 Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering 5. Dry air is about 78 percent nitrogen; therefore‚ the partial pressure of nitrogen at sea level is about _______ mm Hg. a. 10 b. 234 c. 593 d. 780 e. None of the above Answer: c Textbook Reference: Concept 37.1 Fick’s Law of Diffusion Governs Respiratory Gas Exchange Page: 730 Bloom’s Category: 3. Applying 6. If a planet were discovered where the barometric pressure was 2‚000 mm Hg and the air was 15 percent
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Smoking is considered one of the most dangerous habits that an individual can have. Smoking kills an average of 450‚000 people each year. That is more than car accidents‚ drunk driving‚ and illegal substances. So why is it that people still continue to smoke? What causes people to want to smoke even knowing the deadly effect? Cigarette smoke does not only effect the smoker’s body and health‚ it effects the non-smoker’s around them even worse. There are many causes which make people smoke and the
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calcium (http://www.quitsmokinghub.com/stop_smoking.shtml). Do you want these side effects to be part of your life? If not‚ don’t smoke cigarettes. Cigarette smoking can cause cancer and disease. Cancers brought on by smoking include: lung‚ mouth‚ larynx‚ esophagus‚ pancreatic‚ cervix‚ bladder‚ kidney‚ leukemia‚ and melanoma. Each type of cancer is hazardous to your health‚ and can even be fatal; however‚ they can be prevented by not smoking. 32% of all cancer deaths in men are due to cigarette smoking
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symptoms cannot be due to drug use or medical condition. In Sybil’s case this disease was brought on by her extremely sad and troubled childhood. Sybil’s mother was extremely mean towards Sybil she would push her and even go as far as breaking her larynx. Many people have theorized that severe sexual‚ physical or physiological trauma in a childhood is a trait from DID‚ I think that what happened with Sybil was definitely caused by this‚ even in the movie Dr.Wilbur says that all of Sybil’s personalities
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disease associated with smoking. Smoking is the cause of 90% of lung cancer cases and is related to 30% of all cancer fatalities. Other smoking-related cancers include cancers of the mouth‚ pancreas‚ urinary bladder‚ kidney‚ stomach‚ esophagus‚ and larynx. Besides cancer‚ smoking is also related to several other diseases of the lungs. Emphysema and bronchitis can be fatal and 75% of all deaths from these diseases are linked to smoking. Smokers have shorter lives than non-smokers. On average‚ smoking
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Humans‚ performs gas exchange in order to transport gas‚ nutrients and waste throughout the body. Respiratory system and Circulatory are responsible to carry out the gas exchange. The Respiratory system is composed of nose‚ larynx‚ pharynx‚ trachea‚ bronchi‚ bronchioles‚ pleura‚ alveoli and diaphragm. The Circulatory system consists of the heart‚ blood vessels‚ arteries‚ arterioles‚ veins‚ venules‚ capillaries and blood. In this lab‚ we will only focus on the circulatory system. The heart is the
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The cardiovascular system is a closed organ system that is found within humans and other vertebrates. The heart consists of the right and left ventricle‚ right and left atrium‚ aorta‚ capillaries‚ pulmonary arteries and veins and the anterior and posterior vena cava. All of the following structures maintain the heart’s beating cycle and the circulation of blood throughout the body. Three main types of blood vessels: Arteries - Thick-walled tubes in which blood is brought from the heart to various
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