atrium - upper chamber of the heart which receives blood from the veins of its circuit, barotrauma - disease/energy due to unequal pressures between a space inside the body and the ambient pressure, the bends - decompression sickness, blowout plug - part of the cylinder valve that releases excess pressure, bottom time - the time between leaving the surface and ascending, Boyle's Law - at a constant temperature, the absolute pressure and the volume of gas are inversely proportional, buddy breathing - using the same mouthpiece to share air with a dive partner, buddy diver - fully qualified diver who serves as a diver's partner, buddy system - two divers who are responsible for each other's safety, buoyancy - the force that makes objects float, buoyancy compensator (BC) - inflatable vest worn and automatically or orally inflated to help control buoyancy, capillaries - let blood flow from the arterioles into the venules,

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