Environmental and Nutritional Pathology

Question 1

sulfur dioxide cause causes…..

Answer 1

bronchoconstriction and respiratory tract inflammation

chronic - chronic bronchitis

Question 2

nitric oxides

Answer 2

respiratory irritants - airway hyperreactivity

Question 3

explain how carbon monoxide is fatal

Answer 3

it preferentially binds to hemoglobin over oxygen, resulting in formation of carboxyhemoglobin

also, causes hemes that ARE bind to oxygen not to dissociate from hemoglobin as ready as as they should

Question 4

wernicke syndrome is caused by ____ deficiency

Answer 4

thiamine

Question 5

what breaks down alcohol into acetaldheyde

Answer 5

alcohol dehydrogenase