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Venous blood

venous blood

blood which has passed through the capillaries of various tissues, except the lungs, and is found in the veins, the right chambers of the heart, and the pulmonary arteries; it is usually dark red as a result of a lower content of oxygen.


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Blue Blood For A Science Project

The effect of oxygen on blood is easy to check with modern evacuated blood collection tubes: simply draw a sample of venous blood (low on oxygen, deep red) and open the cap of the tube to see if exposure to oxygen changes ...

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by biohazard
Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:08 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Blue Blood For A Science Project
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Re: The Color of blood

Blood is RED. Blood is red whether it is arterial or venous. Only the shade of red changes. Anesthesiologists continuously monitor the oxygen saturation of patients in ...

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by anesthesia
Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:29 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Color of blood
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Blood is always red, never blue.

... how this topic can keep going and going. Quite clearly, if you take a venous blood sample into an evacuated tube you can see the blood is dark red. If you use the same ...

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by biohazard
Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:50 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Blood is always red, never blue.
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Re: Blood is always red, never blue.

Blood is never ever blue!! Oxygenated or deoxygenated, it is NEVER blue! Just a common myth. Deoxygenated/venous blood is a dark, crimson red while oxygenated/arterial blood is a brighter red. Never black, blue, green, ...

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by sara135
Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:12 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Blood is always red, never blue.
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Re: Marey's Law

... nerves .. the significance is to maintain normal value of arterial blood pressure (ABP) rapidly as hypotention may cause fainting and coma if ... peripheral resistance . 3- inhibition of respiratory center to decrease venous blood which returns to the heart mainly by sucction blood through ...

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by DrHesham
Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:40 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Marey's Law
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