Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · The gas exchange system

The gas exchange system — practice question

Which factor could result in chronic bronchitis?

  • Adeposition of allergens in airways causing smooth muscles to contract
  • Bexcessive secretion and accumulation of mucus and destruction of many cilia in the airways
  • Cinfection of airways leading to phagocytes destroying the elastin in the alveoli
  • Dmutation in epithelial cells in airways caused by inhaled chemicals

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