Talk:Human physiology of underwater diving

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Section sizes

Section size for Human physiology of underwater diving (32 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	2,833	2,833
Relevance in diver education and training	2,634	2,634
Immersion	2,038	2,038
Exposure	2,789	4,885
Thermal balance of the diver	2,096	2,096
Breath-hold limitations	7,155	7,856
Physiological responses to deep breath-hold diving	701	701
Ambient pressure changes	5,007	5,007
Breathing under pressure	1,420	29,609
Metabolically inert components of the breathing gas	58	12,480
Absorption and release of inert gases	4,148	4,148
Inert gas narcosis	6,253	6,253
High-pressure nervous syndrome	2,021	2,021
Hyperbaric gas toxicity	407	9,983
Oxygen toxicity	4,124	4,124
Carbon dioxide toxicity	4,538	4,538
Toxicity of contaminants in the breathing gas	914	914
Hypoxic breathing gas	279	279
Work of breathing	1,045	2,522
Positive and negative pressure breathing	1,477	1,477
Use of breathing apparatus	2,925	2,925
Sensory impairment	23	7,854
Vision	2,166	2,166
Hearing	3,578	3,578
Touch	485	485
Balance	602	602
Proprioception	668	668
Smell and taste	332	332
Adaptation in other animals	3,894	3,894
See also	89	89
References	32,237	35,126
Sources	2,889	2,889
Total	101,825	101,825

B-Class review[edit]

B	The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as `{{cite web}}` is optional. Y The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. Y The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. Y The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it does not need to be "brilliant". The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. Looks OK to me. Y The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams and an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. Has illustrations, though more would be nice. Y The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, the article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible. I think so, let me know if you disagree. Try to be specific, so it can be fixed. Y

Looks OK to me, so rating as B-class. • • • Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 09:05, 30 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Still looks OK for B-Class after split. A few non-controversial references needed before nominating for GA. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 13:50, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Split and rename?[edit]

This article is getting a bit big following expansion of section on "Adaptation in other animals", which may end up being the largest part of the content once other animals than mammals are included, so I plan to split out the original content to Human physiology of underwater diving or similar, leaving the original title for the general topic. At some stage further splits may become desirable - the section on mammals could easily justify a full article, but that will be done when the other subsections on birds, reptiles and invertebrates have substantial content. Any constructive comments or suggestions may be added below. Useful and accessible references are needed for the content not yet written. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 12:24, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Possible titles:

Article on human physiology retated to diving:
Article on general physiology related to diving:

If anyone has a preference for any of these titles, please specify which and why, otherwise I will use whatever seems best at the time. Other options may be suggested. I will probably make some of the others into redirects. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 08:10, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No comments in a week. I will assume no objections and make the split. · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 11:17, 24 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 13:06, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Interesting looking article[edit]

"When the human brain goes diving: using near-infrared spectroscopy to measure cerebral and systemic cardiovascular responses to deep, breath-hold diving in elite freedivers" by J. Chris McKnight, Eric Mulder, Alexander Ruesch, Jana M. Kainerstorfer, Jingyi Wu, Naser Hakimi, Steve Balfour, Mathijs Bronkhorst, Jörn M. Horschig, Frank Pernett, Katsufumi Sato, Gordon D. Hastie, Peter Tyack and Erika Schagatay, 28 June 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0349 · · · Peter Southwood ^(talk): 05:50, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]