The Respiratory System

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What is decompression sickness? ("the bends")

occurs when a diver is submerged in water beyond a certain depth and returns too quickly to the surface

Damage to the lung from rapid or excessive pressure changes describes what condition?

Pulmonary barotrauma

What law states that the total pressure exerted by mixture of gases is equal to sum of partial pressures exerted by each gas?

Dalton's law

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