Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Coronary Circulation, Carcinogen, Bronchitis
13 Apr 2018
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Tobacco: the leaves of cultivated tobacco plants prepared for smoking or chewing or for use as snuff. Nicotine: a poisonous, addictive substance found in tobacco and responsible for many of the effects of tobacco. Secondary reinforcers: stimuli that are not necessarily pleasurable in themselves but that are associated with other stimuli that are pleasurable. Cigarette tar: a brown, sticky mass created when the chemical particles in tobacco smoke condense. Cocarcinogen: a substance that works with a carcinogen to cause cancer. Sidestream smoke: the uninhaled smoke from a burning cigarette. Cerebral cortex: the outer layer of the brain, which controls complex behaviour and mental activity. Myocardial infarction: a heart attack caused by the complete blockage of a main coronary artery. Emphysema: a disease characterized by a loss of lung tissue elasticity and breakup of the air sacs, impairing the lungs" ability to obtain oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. Chronic bronchitis: recurrent, persistent inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
