Altitude
At high altitudes it feels difficult to breath because this is too low.
What is the partial pressure of oxygen?
Although they cannot mimic everything, analogues can evaluate these three features
What are isolation, confinement, and stress?
This phenomenon occurs when the retinas are sunburned.
What is snow blindness?
Bubble formation in the blood and tissues causes this illness
The Bends / Decompression Illness
This can cause a headache within the first few hours of being in space.
What is a headward fluid shift?
The oxygen partial pressure drop in the body begins at the mouth and continues to this and this.
What are the trachea and lungs?
This single feature of space cannot be recapitulated by analogs.
What is microgravity?
In terms of duration, Antarctic missions mimic this type of space mission best.
What are ISS missions?
In terms of duration, NEEMO missions mimic this type of space mission best.
What is a Space Shuttle mission?
This dizziness upon standing is caused by a reduction in overall blood volume.
What is orthostatic intolerance?
By the time oxygen reaches the arteries, the partial pressure has dropped by this amount.
These are missions with no objective other than to mimic the behavior of people in space.
What are space simulator experiments?
What is temperature?
Doing this slowly is the simplest way to prevent decompression sickness.
What is ascend?
Exposure to this may increase cancer risk.
What is cosmic radiation?
Carbon dioxide has a solubility this many times more than oxygen.
What is 24?
These rhythms have been disturbed by space and all analogs.
What are circadian rhythms?
Getting medical help during winter in Antarctic takes ____ (e.g., more or less) time than getting medical help on the space station.
What is more?
Decompression sickness is categorized into this many types.
What is 3?
Disruption of this system can cause disorientation and motion sickness.
What is the vestibular system?
This gradient helps oxygen dissolve into blood despite its relatively low solubility.
What is the diffusion gradient?
These analogs do not have anything to do with research or work.
What are small rural communities?
The name of 1 of two self-surgeries that have been performed in an Antarctic winter.
What is an appendectomy or
What is a breast biopsy?
What is a nuclear submarine?
Kidney stones may be caused by the excess resorption of this tissue.
What is bone?