The painful condition called bends in scuba divers is caused by bubbles of which gas in blood?
ANitrogen gas
BOxygen gas
CHelium gas
DCarbon dioxide
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Nitrogen gas
As divers rise and pressure drops, dissolved nitrogen comes out of blood as bubbles that block capillaries.
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