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Is the gas pressure in blood increased or decreased when under water?

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Jonesgirl09

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Increase. For every 2.31 feet in depth of water the pressure will go up 1 psi and the gas passing from the lungs to the blood has to come to an equilibrium with it. That is why oxygen in breathing tanks must be adjusted for the depth one goes to.

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