The "diving response" of the human body refers to the typical reaction of a person who submerges his/her face in cold water and is most characterized by...
The plunging reaction in human beings is described by breath-holding, easing back of the pulse (jumping bradycardia), decrease of appendage blood stream and a continuous ascent in the mean blood vessel circulatory strain.
The bradycardia results from expanded parasympathetic upgrade to the cardiovascular pacemaker.
Hydrostatic weight on the outside of the body because of head out drenching in water causes negative weight breathing which movements blood into the intrathoracic circulation.
