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2. Diving reflex - Wikipedia

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   Diving reflex in a human baby The diving reflex , also known as the diving response and mammalian diving reflex , is a set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the basic homeostatic reflexes , and is found in all air-breathing vertebrates studied to date.

3. Infant swimming - Wikipedia

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   Most human babies demonstrate an innate swimming or diving reflex from birth until the age of approximately six months, which are part of a wider range of primitive reflexes found in infants and babies, but not children, adolescents and adults. Other mammals also demonstrate this phenomenon (see mammalian diving reflex).

4. Cold shock response - Wikipedia

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   The diving reflex is more pronounced in aquatic mammals and is thought to have originated as a way to conserve oxygen and enhance the ability to stay underwater for longer periods. Key components of the diving reflex include: Bradycardia: The heart rate decreases significantly when the face is exposed to cold water. This helps to conserve ...

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   The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.

6. List of reflexes - Wikipedia

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   Hering–Breuer reflex — is a reflex triggered to prevent over-inflation of the lung; Hoffmann's reflex — also known as the finger flexor reflex; middle finger and thumb response. Test can indicate both neurological damage and nerve regeneration; often combined with the Babinski reflex test. Jaw jerk reflex

7. Human physiology of underwater diving - Wikipedia

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   Human physiology of underwater diving is the physiological influences of the underwater environment on the human diver, and adaptations to operating underwater, both during breath-hold dives and while breathing at ambient pressure from a suitable breathing gas supply.

8. Champion Rower, 27, Dies After Free-Diving Accident in the ...

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   A champion rower has died while free-diving. According to a GoFundMe page, shared last week, 27-year-old Austin Regier died in the Philippines on November 14, 2024. "He was swimming with new ...

9. Edmund Goodwyn - Wikipedia

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   Edmund Goodwyn, M.D. (1756–1829) was an English physician whose medical school graduation thesis contains several important contributions, [1] including the discovery of the diving reflex. [2] He advanced early important arguments in favor of artificial ventilation for the treatment of asphyxia over alternative resuscitation measures of the ...