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Any floating movement on the surface of the water.  

Movement of a buoyant object toward the bottom of the pool.  

Movement of a buoyant object toward the surface of the water.  

The force exerted on an object by the fluid in which it is submerged; mathematically, this force equals the volume of the fluid displaced × its density.  

Smaller branches of the bronchi in the lungs. The two air tubes that branch from the trachea, one to each lung. One of the smaller divisions of the bronchi. The air passages that extend from your windpipe into your lungs. One of the larger airways in the lungs, known as a bronchus.  

An alternative sanitizer used in pool disinfecting systems that has much of the same effect as chlorine, with slightly different results. It is used to eliminate pathogens, such as bacteria. The first drug introduced as a sedative- hypnotic and used initially as a treatment for epileptic seizures. Salt containing bromine, once formerly used as a…

An abnormally slow or low heart rate. An unusually slow heartbeat, less than 60 beats/min. A distinctly slow heartbeat, which may be a normal idiosyncracy or a functional or organic disease. Bradycardia is usually defined as a pulse below sixty beats a minute, or seventy in children. Abnormally slow heartbeat, generally characterized by a pulse…

One of the four primary nerve branches along the spine; services the arms and shoulder area. A network of nerves consisting of the motor and sensory innervation of the arm: plexus. A group of nerves at the armpit and base of the neck which lead to the nerves in the arms and hands. Injury to…

Disorder in which the individual is excessively concerned and preoccupied by a perceived defect in his or her physical features.