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== Human physiology of underwater diving ==

The '''human physiology of underwater diving''' (/ˈfɪziˌɒlədʒi ʌv ˌʌndərˈwɔːtər ˈdaɪvɪŋ/; from the Greek ''physis'' meaning "nature, origin" and ''-logia'' meaning "study of") is the study of the effects of underwater diving on the human body. 

=== Decompression sickness ===

[[Decompression sickness]] (DCS) is a condition arising from dissolved gases coming out of solution into bubbles inside the body due to depressurization. 

=== Nitrogen narcosis ===

[[Nitrogen narcosis]] is a reversible alteration in consciousness producing a state similar to alcohol intoxication in divers who breathe high pressure nitrogen.

=== Oxygen toxicity ===

[[Oxygen toxicity]] is a condition resulting from the harmful effects of breathing molecular oxygen at elevated partial pressures. 

=== Barotrauma ===

[[Barotrauma]] is physical damage to body tissues caused by a difference in pressure between a gas space inside, or in contact with the body, and the surrounding gas or fluid.

=== Hypothermia ===

[[Hypothermia]] is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature.

=== Related terms ===

* [[Scuba diving]]
* [[Free-diving]]
* [[Saturation diving]]
* [[Technical diving]]
* [[Commercial diving]]
* [[Diving medicine]]
* [[Diving physics]]

[[Category:Underwater diving physiology]]
[[Category:Human physiology]]
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