Multiple Choice
Decompression sickness ("the bends") is caused by
A) a rapid rise of carbon dioxide in the blood.
B) lack of oxygen in the tissues.
C) bubbles of nitrogen in the blood.
D) glucose deficiency.
E) descending too rapidly into deep water.
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