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What is the term for blue skin from lack of oxygen in the blood?
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∙ 11y ago
It could be anemia, or it could be carbon monoxide poisoning.
Hypoxia
Actually, hypoxia can be characterized as cellular oxygen deficiency and may occur if too little oxygen enters the blood. The correct answer would be anemia.
Anemia
simply anemia
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anemia
Anemia is a blood condition where their is either a reduced amount of hemogloblin molecules, or the inability to efficiently bind oxygen molecules to hemoglobin. Hemoglobin molecules are located within red blood cells. As red blood cells pass through the lungs, the hemoglobin unloads carbon dioxide and exchanges it for oxygen. Up to four oxygen molecules can bind to each hemoglobin molecule. Hemoglobin then transports the newly loaded oxygen molecules throughout the systemic portion of the cardiovascular system, where they are once again exchanged for carbon dioxide at the tissues (and the oxygen is unloaded into the tissues). Individuals with anemia cannot transport adequate amounts of oxygen to tissues because their is either not enough oxygen molecules bound to hemoglobin, or the hemoglobin are not properly functioning as they should. Amemia is the most common type of blood disorder. Hope this helps!
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The blue discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood is known as?
CYANOSIS Is a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by a lack of adequate oxygen in the blood.
Cynotic skin color indicates?
Cyanosis is when the skin turns bluish bc of lack of oxygen in the blood
What does the presence cyanosis imply?
When hemoglobin is poorly oxygenated, both the blood and the skin of Caucasians appear blue.It means a blue tinge to your skin, mainly your mucous membranes like your lips and under your mouth/tongue due to a fall in oxygen levels in your blood.Bluish discoloration of tissue from lack of oxygen
What causes blue lips?
This generally is due to either a lack of oxygen in the blood or to extremely cold temperatures. When the skin becomes a bluish color, the symptom is called cyanosis.
Why is an artery blue?
Inside your body, blood is blue. Therefore your arteries and veins appear blue through the skin. Your blood turns red outside of the body because oxygen gets into the blood. The oxygen changes your blood's color from blue to red.
What coler is blood?
The color of blood is blue on the inside of your skin, hence why your veins are blue, but once oxygen touches it, it turns red, How do you not know this?!
What color will your skin turn without oxygen?
your blood is blue but as the blood reaches the surface of your skin it is red. hope this helps. Ayraayra: Your skin will turn a bluish-purplish color.
Why does the skin turn blue when there is inadequate blood flow?
Blood that is low is oxygen is slightly bluish and so it tints the skin the same. People often say that blood without oxygen is blue but that isn't true. Pictures in textbooks show arteries as red and veins as blue but that is just to show you exactly the way they run and where they are.
What are black-and-blue bruises?
I don't know why bruises are black and blue but i know that they are a bleed underneath the skin! The blood is deprived of oxygen and turns blue.
Why does one's face turn blue after a heart failure?
A condition called cyanosis sets in when there is no oxygen in the blood, it is characterized by a blue tinge to the skin
What colors does the blood have?
Blood with oxygen is bright red. Blood without oxygen is dark red or maroon. It is a common misbelief that blood or veins are blue. Neither of them are never blue (see the link provided). Veins do seem blue through the skin, but it is related to how different wavelengths of light reflect and how brain processes information.
What is the color of skin that is supplied by oxygen poor blood?
The color of skin that is supplied by oxygen-poor blood is bluish or purplish, commonly referred to as cyanosis. This occurs when there is a lack of oxygen in the blood, leading to a darker coloration of the skin.
