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Is there red blood in the arteries and blue blood in the veins?
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∙ 12y ago
In textbooks, arteries are often colored red while veins are colored blue. This is just to distinguish between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood for demonstrative purposes. In fact, all blood is red. Oxygenated blood is a brighter red while deoxygenated blood is a darker red color. This has to do with the higher levels of oxygen bound to hemoglobin in arterial blood vs. the higher amounts of CO2 in venous blood.
Our blood vessels appear blue through our skin because the lower frequency light is absorbed by our skin, while higher frequency light is reflected back to our eye. Blue is perceived from a higher frequency light wave.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes, in fact, the blood in arteries is red and the blood in veins is blue. Despite what most people think, blood is either blue or red, depending on if there is any oxygen in it. Arteries go away from the heart, carrying oxygenated blood to different parts of the body. The blood in arteries is called oxyhemoglobin. Capillaries connect the arteries to the veins, so the oxygen in the blood is now distributed throughout the body. Now, the blood in the veins, since it has no oxygen in it, is blue, and it is called hemoglobin. After the blood gets back to the heart and is filtered through the kidneys (not necessarily in that order), it is re-oxygenated and sent out again.
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∙ 15y agoAll blood is red. The degree of redness depends on the concentration of oxygen present in the blood. With high concentrations of oxygen, blood takes on a bright scarlet apearance. If threre is a lack of oxygen anda higher concentration of carbon dioxide, then the blood has a deeper color, almost bick red, witha tiny shade of blue.
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∙ 13y agoBlood found in veins is deoxygenated and is dark red. Blood found in arteries is oxygenated and is red. The only exception to this rule is found in the heart/lungs at the pulmonary artery/vein. They are the opposite where the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated dark red blood and the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated red blood.
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∙ 14y agoRed means the blood is rich with oxygen. The arteries pump the blood throughout the body to enrich the cells with the oxygen. The purplish blood means the blood doesn't have oxygen and instead, has CO2 ( carbon dioxide ). The blood cells bring oxygen around the body and bring CO2 back to the lungs and heart to expell the CO2 and receive more oxygen from your breathing.
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∙ 12y agobecause blood is blue until touched by air/oxygen
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∙ 14y agoYes, arteries carry blood from the heart and are thick walled, while veins carry blood to the heart and have thinner walls.
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∙ 12y agoThe color of blood in veins and arteries is blue. It doesn't turn red until the blood comes in contact with oxygen.
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What color are arteries?
arteries are red. veins are blue to whoever said the opposite.
Why are arteries usually drawn as red in diagrams while veins are drawn as blue?
To symbolize that arteries carry blood that's rich in oxygen while veins carry blood that's low on oxygen.
Why are veins darker in colour than arteries?
Veins are not actually darker than arteries. In fact, on dissection, veins and arteries are both a whitish color. The reason that they are more visible is because there are larger veins that are located closer to the surface of the skin than arteries. Veins also tend to have thinner walls, making the blood inside them more visible.
Is blood red inside the body?
No your blood is not red until it hits oxygen, that is why your veins are not red. The above answer is incorrect. All blood is red but blood with oxygen is brighter red and blood lower in oxygen is darker red. All veins do not carry blood low in oxygen. Most do but not ones coming to the heart from the lungs.
Blood in arteries is red because it is rich in oxygen?
The pulmonary arteries are the only ones not carrying oxygenated blood. Arteries transport blood away from the heart and veins are to carry blood back to the heart. When you think this way, you may be able to visualize which vessels has oxygenated blood.
How do you know that the blood in the arteries is oxygen-rich?
oxygen rich blood is red, while oxygen poor blood is blue. this is the reason that blood in your arteries are always red, and blood in your veins are always blue.
Is your blood blue or is it your veins?
Veins are blue because the blood is poor in oxygen, arteries are red because the blood is rich in oxygen.
Why do you think you used blue and red ink in tracing the flow of the blood?
They use red and blue ink when tracing the flow of blood because red ink is for arteries and blue ink is for veins. This can cause a problem because people sometimes think that arteries have red blood and veins have blue blood, but this is not true.
Does the term blue blood refer to the blood in the arteries?
No. Veins, have the deoxygenated blue blood. they travel throughout the body to the lungs in order to oxygenate the blood and turn the blood red. Th red blood travels through the heart and out in to the arteries.
What color are arteries?
arteries are red. veins are blue to whoever said the opposite.
Why the larger arteries appear to be white rather than red but the larger veins are blue?
Not sure about the white arteries but the blue is non oxygenated blood.
Are arteries blue because they carry out wastes?
NO, no, no, no, no! That is a silly question. Arteries are red, Veins are blue, Ask another question like this and ur going down. Veins are blue because they carry de-oxygenated blood and wastes, not arteries
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.
Why are arteries usually drawn as red in diagrams while veins are drawn as blue?
To symbolize that arteries carry blood that's rich in oxygen while veins carry blood that's low on oxygen.
Why do your vains look blue?
your veins look blue because your blood has no oxygen, when your blood is oxygenated it is red and when it is deoxygenated it is blue. veins carry blood toward the heart and are often blue while arteries carry blood away from the heart and are filled with oxygenated blood.
Is blood a purplish blue color?
Blood is red. Your veins viewed from above the skin may give the illusion of blue due to light refraction and other factors. The common misconception of "blue" blood is continued due to textbook illustrators use of blue and red to differentiate arteries and veins.
Why is the color of blood is always red in color?
Blood is always red (NEVER blue) because of hemoglobin, the main factor in blood's color. Deoxygenated hemoglobin is dark red, while oxygen enriched hemoglobin is more cherry red. The common misconception that deoxygenated blood in your veins is blue stems from textbooks that show arteries in red and veins in blue for simplicity. Also, your veins appear blue through your skin because of a variety of reasons only weakly dependent on the color of the blood. Light scattering in the skin, and the visual processing of color play roles as well. If arteries were near the skin surface, they would appear blue as well. Cameras inserted in veins during medical procedures clearly show that blood in veins is red, and when drawing blood from veins in a way that doesn't expose it to the air, it is clearly a dark red color and not blue.
