Your deoxygenated blood is not blue.

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  • #1410820
    Lightbrite
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    Just wanted to let you know that your blood isn’t blue beneath your surface, aka skin.

    Myth exposed… yays!

    Thank you

    #1410907
    Meno
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    How do you know?

    #1411049
    Health
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    LB -“Just wanted to let you know that your blood isn’t blue beneath your surface, aka skin.
    Myth exposed”

    What Myth?
    Who ever thought blood was blue?
    The vessels look blue through the skin, not the blood.
    Vulcans’ have blue blood!

    #1411051
    Meno
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    Who ever thought blood was blue?

    I did, and I still do. Prove to me otherwise.

    #1411090
    ubiquitin
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    ” did, and I still do. Prove to me otherwise.”

    Im certain you are kidding, but in case you think it is hard to prove. The easiest way is go to aa lab have your blood drawn with a vacutainer (a standard blood vial) . By definition there is no oxygen in the tube the blood appears in the tube exactly as in your body it is not blue.

    If yo want to get even fancier have them send off simultaneous arterial and venous blood gasses. thsi measures the amount of oxygen in the blood. you wil lsee quite clearly that while the venous blood is deoxygenated compared to areterial blood. It is not blue, though the shade of red may vary between the two

    I liek health, though wonder if anyone really thinks or thought blood is blue or is this one of those “myths” that people l;ike disproving but nobody actually believes

    #1411084
    Health
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    Meno -“I did, and I still do.”

    Now you know the truth. Maybe you’re a Vulcan?!?

    “Prove to me otherwise”

    Why – I’m not your teacher?!? But for a price I could be.

    #1411178
    👑RebYidd23
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    What’s it like working at Ami Magazine?

    #1411210
    DovidBT
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    “Vulcans have blue blood!”

    It’s common knowledge that Vulcan blood is copper-based, and is copper- or rust-colored when deoxygenated in the veins, and green when oxygenated in the arteries.

    #1411216
    Realisticguy
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    ok from what i understand blood before it gets to your heart is blue after it is red(oxygen)…which is why when looking for a vein to to inject for any reason they look for a blue one because it goes to your heart otherwise it defeats the purpose

    #1411353
    Health
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    RG -“for a blue one”

    The veins only appear blue through the skin. The actual venous blood is dark red.
    We have to go back to the time when Yeshivas had Secular studies in High School!

    #1412164
    WolfishMusings
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    Vulcans’ have blue blood!

    Actually, they have green blood.

    (Also, as an aside, never use an apostrophe to denote a plural.)

    The Wolf

    #1412194
    picture this
    Participant

    Red blood? Blue blood?

    My son is color-blind. One day, when he was around 4 years old, there was screaming coming from his room. I ran in to find him staring at a cut on his arm. He said “Mommy, I’m bleeding GREEN!”

    #1412256
    Health
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    Pt -” I’m bleeding GREEN!”

    According to two posters above – he must be a VULCAN!

    #1412275
    Meno
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    Im certain you are kidding, but in case you think it is hard to prove. The easiest way is go to aa lab have your blood drawn with a vacutainer (a standard blood vial) . By definition there is no oxygen in the tube the blood appears in the tube exactly as in your body it is not blue.

    I was kidding, but I appreciate your response anyway. Interesting.

    How do they keep the vial free from oxygen?

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