Healthy Lung Vs. Smokers Lung is a photograph by Anatomical Travelogue which was uploaded on September 13th, 2018.
Healthy Lung Vs. Smokers Lung
3-D visualization using scanned human data of a healthy lung compared with a smoker's lung. Smoking damages the lungs in several ways. Constant... more
Title
Healthy Lung Vs. Smokers Lung
Artist
Anatomical Travelogue
Medium
Photograph
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3-D visualization using scanned human data of a healthy lung compared with a smoker's lung. Smoking damages the lungs in several ways. Constant irritation by tar in smoke causes chronic bronchitis, where the lung's airways are repeatedly inflamed. This thickens their walls and leads to a build up of fibrous scar tissue, reducing the lung's elasticity. Smoke also triggers the release of substances that make the lung's air sacs (alveoli) lose their walls and coalesce (emphysema). Lung cancer, which is caused by both nicotine and tar, leads to uncontrollable tumors that destroy lung tissue.
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September 13th, 2018
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