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NICOTINE INTERACTION WITH THE BODY 



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- - Nicotine Interacts with specialised sites In the 



body termed receptors (nicotinic cholinergic 

 . receptors) '- . :^ -: 1^^ 



■.■■' rl o -^ -^ - - . JO-:'^ 



-Body communication usually through nerve 

 ,:;. fibers .V, *t .',-r.. .C^. ■ ■ Ll 



•:... ..' v^ .V, V- •-. '. ' •■ — ' )!_ - 



--.r Regulation, interpretation transduction of 

 V*"' Information occurs at specialised sites' termed 

 •f- ganglia '■^.^,. '^ s^ 





Jnter-comm^unication by neurotransmitters 





;- >^y^'COtlne ■:^'-^. ^=R^Vf^^Vr -^^ 



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t'ACE^TYLCHOLINE T-!r*.RBCEPTOR 





RESPONSE ^ 



