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Your skin bleeds when you cut it but why doesn't your hair?
your skin bleeds because it has blood vessels and your hair has no blood vessels.
Why do some paper cut bleed while others do not?
because you dermis which is one of your layer consists of living cells like blood vessels so when you gey a cut the bleeding comes from the dermis.
What is the name of the tiny blood vessels that bleed if you cut your finger?
capillaries Capillary.
How wil blood flow out in case an artery is cut?
If an artery is cut, blood will flow out rapidly in a pulsating manner. These high pressure vessels can result in large blood loss iff cut.
Why don't you bleed when you cut nails and hair?
Because there is no blood vessels in your hair and nails.
Why is the blood so important when someone has a paper cut?
because
Why do paper cuts don't bleed a lot but always hurt a lot?
The reason paper cuts don't usually bleed is because it doesn't cut down into the skin deep enough, but still deep enough to slice the nerves. Paper cuts are so microscopic, they are able to cut into the Epidermis, the outer layer of skin, where nerves are located. The paper cuts the nerve ending, which is the reason for the extreme pain. The paper, however, is not able to cut further into the skin, the Dermis, where the blood is.
What can be used in surgery because they can seal blood vessels as they cut through tissue?
A cauterizer or stitch.
What blood vessel would be cut when removing a heart?
The major blood vessels coming into the heart are the superior and inferior vena cava. The aorta leaves the heart. These would have to be cut.
What do you do when you get a large cut on your arm and then it turn black and blue?
When we cut the skin, we cut small blood vessels called capillaries. The blood seeps into the tissues around the cut. This creates a bruise. Medically it is called a contusion. The bruise will heal as your cut heals.
In what vessels does gas exchange occur?
Gas exchange occurs in the capillaries which are the smallest blood vessels in the body. Each artery that comes from the heart is surrounded by capillaries so that they can take it to the various parts of the body. This is why whenever we get a paper cut and we bleed this blood is from the capillaries which branch off in to smaller veins and arteries and then eventually into capillaries.
What the blood vessels?
Blood Vessels-are the passageway of blood.
