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In which animal have blue blood?
All mammals have bluish blood until it is oxygenated. That's one reason why veins appear blue.
Why do red blood cells turn blue?
Lack of oxygen causes blood cells to appear blue. Remember that all veins except the pulmonary vein carry 'oxygen depleted blood' or deoxygenated blood. Dont worry that your veins appear blue though! Its fine.
What are red and white blood cells?
They are called red blood cells for a reason. They are generally red. If the amount of oxygen in the blood drops below a certain point, it can look purple, and through the skin the veins may appear to be blue. Only in molluscs and some arthropods is oxygenated blood blue, due to the presence of the protein hemocyanin, which contains copper rather than the iron found in hemoglobin.
Are red cells found in other organism?
Yes, all vertebrates (e.g. fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds) have red blood cells. There are probably other organisms that also have red blood cells. However insects and several other invertebrates have a blue copper based blood instead of the red iron based blood of vertebrates. Bur they do not have blue blood cells as the copper based compound these organisms is free in the blood instead of contained inside cells.
Is blood blue if you did not have red blood cells?
Everyone has red blood cells. You could not live otherwise.When someone says 'blue blood' they are speaking metaphorically or comparatively.There is a common misunderstanding about the color of blood that unfortunately actually sometimes is passed along by elementary school biology teachers who are not up to date. Your blood is never blue, always shades of red.When arterial blood leaves the lungs to circulate through the body, it has just a little bit more oxygen in it than does venous blood. The reason it appears bright red is that the combination of iron, oxygen, and hemoglobin absorbs higher energy wavelength light (blue and green) which leaves the red wavelengths available for our eyes to sense.The venous blood is never blue, it is a darker color of red than arterial blood, not blue. The color is a burgundy red or maroon color. Blood is bright red in the arteries and dark red in the veins. The reason venous blood is a darker red can be partially attributed to the slightly less oxygen in the blood in the veins. But its color change is more due to the "waste" it carries away from the body tissues and back to the kidneys for filtering and elimination. This "waste" darkens the red color of the blood (think of it as a little like dirty dish water).Although a popular belief, being in contact with air does not cause venous blood to instantly oxygenate and turn red. It is red outside the body because it is red inside the body as well. When you look at unopened veins inside the body, in endoscopy, for example, they are a dark red color.The blue appearance of the veins that you see when looking at them through the skin is not caused by blue venous blood. As explained, that is always red. The blue appearance is caused by a reflective factor of the skin itself. It is an optical property of the reflection of light off light colored skin and the difference in that reflection from the veins under the skin (but near the surface). That reflective process is complex, but the blue-looking veins are mostly all about the skin and reflection.If arteries were not too deep to be visible through the skin, then they, too, would have a blueish appearance, the same as the veins for the same reasons.The blue color of cyanotic lips and skin is not because the blood is blue.
How whale have blue blood?
The colour of all whales' blood is red, not blue.
Is it true that all of the blood in your body is blue?
No. But the 'used' blood on its way back to the lungs is dull red, and looks blue through the veins.
What is a silver blood in the book blue bloods?
A silver blood is a blue blood who drank the blood of another blue blood. They follow Lucifer, all except Kingsley Martin, who reformed, and is now trapped in Hell, and Bliss, who killed herself.
In which animal have blue blood?
All mammals have bluish blood until it is oxygenated. That's one reason why veins appear blue.
Is all of your blood red?
No, blood is really blue until it comes into contact with oxygen
Which blood vessels have blue blood?
It is not exactly blue it is a very very deep red, and that blood is in all your veins except for pulmonary vein and it is also in your pulmonary artery
Why do you see red blood?
That's easy. When blood is in your body it is blue that's why your veins are blue. When oxygen meets the blood the blood turns red.
Does blood contain red blood cells and blue blood cells?
In relation to the human body, it is a common misconception that blood is blue; all blood is red. The blue appearance is due to the connective tissues of the blood vessels. Blood cells can be either erythrocytes, which are red, or leukocytes, which are white. When blood is oxygenated it is a much brighter red than de-oxygenated blood.
Why do red blood cells turn blue?
Lack of oxygen causes blood cells to appear blue. Remember that all veins except the pulmonary vein carry 'oxygen depleted blood' or deoxygenated blood. Dont worry that your veins appear blue though! Its fine.
Do blue crabs have blood?
Yes. All crabs have blue blood, not just the species known as the blue crab. The reason for the blue blood is that crabs do not have haemoglobin, which is found in the blood of vertebrates, and which is red due to the iron molecule in the centre of the protein. Instead, crabs have a protein called hemocyanin, which contains a copper molecule. This is particularly pronounced in the horseshoe crab, the blood of which is a stronger blue than other species.
If a one story house is all blue what color are the stairs?
there arre no stairs
Which blood vessel has blood color?
All vessels containing blood would have red blood; in arteries and in veins and smaller vessels.The blue appearance of veins is an optical illusion that comes from the way light works on skin. The veins look blue because they are closer to the surface, if arteries were not as deep, they would look blue, too. It has nothing to do with oxygenation of blood in arteries and all to do with the properties of light and skin.
