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A typical bruise starts off as the regular "black and deep blue'. But as the body reabsorbs the blood under the skin, the color changes to gray, green, maroon, etc. As healing continues, the colors lighten more, turning into pastels. Finally, they begin to fade.
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What causes a bruise?
It is caused by a bunch of broken blood vesseles, causing the color of a bruise to change.
What color is Kris' bruise?
yellow purple and red
What cause bruises to change color?
A bruise is a collection of blood under the skin, in the subcutaneous tissue. Over time, the bruise changes color because the hemoglobin is broken down and absorbed. The different colors represent the color of the heme in various states of breakdown.
Why would veins look green?
That was a pretty deep bruise that is now mostly healed. All bruise colors are from hemoglobin, the red compound in red blood cells. This causes the initial red/purple color of a new bruise. As the hemoglobin breaks down it turns into biliverdin, which causes the greenish color. That will break down into bilirubin which looks yellow. Then the breakdown will be completed and the bruise will be healed.
How many syllables does the word bruise have?
The word "bruise" has just one syllable.
What are the characteristics of bruises?
Bruises change colors over time in a predictable pattern, so that it is possible to estimate when an injury occurred by the color of the bruise. Initially, a bruise will be reddish, the color of the blood under the skin. After one to two days, the red.
What is the source of the yellow color of a bruise that is healing?
Blood oxidation in the sub dermal skin layer.
Why does a bruise discolor the skin?
The color is the blood from broken blood vessels that have ruptured in the impact area
Is a bruise worse than a bruise?
ummm..... please specify what the difference between a bruise and a bruise is :)
How do you use bruise in a sentence?
Here are a few examples Be careful taking those peaches home, if your rough with them they will bruise. Billy the bully thumped my are at school, I've now got a bruise. I think I overdid the dressing down I gave to Philip at work today, his pride might have taken a bruise.
Will the skin that was bumped on the forehead show a bruise later?
Bumping into something often causes a bruise. The bruise can appear quickly or maybe not until the next day. The size or color of the bruise does not mean much. Most bruises start off as "black and blue", get darker, then begin to lighten and change to all colors of the rainbow. The colors may spread out. These are quite usual.
How do you say bruise in spanish?
magullar = to bruise una magulladura = a bruise
