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Effect of tobacco smoke on nitric oxide synthesis

NO regulates blood flow and smooth muscle relaxation

NO is produced in the body by an enzyme called nitric oxide synthase (NOS)

NOS produces NO from L-arginine, one of the 20 essential amino acids.

 

Cigarette smoke may decrease the amount of L-arginine in the body and thus, less NO is produced since there is less of its precursor, And the adduct formed may bind to the NOS itself and inhibit its function. Patrick Wong , Ph.D. 1999 (Cycle VIII)

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The cough reflex has both sensory (afferent) and motor (efferent) pathways. The internal laryngeal nerve, a branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (CN X), carries the sensory information away from the area above the glottis in the larynx to the CNS via cranial nerve X (vagus).

 

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