If oxygen turns blood from blue to red, then would an area of more oxygen make the blood redder/brighter? I need to find this out. Like would it be brighter on the top of Mount everest or on the bottom of death valley. or is there absolutely no difference?
2006-10-30 15:38:02 · 7 answers · asked by wing2871x 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The more oxygen in the air, the brighter the blood.
Blood-oxygen concentration levels vary widely in person to person and can depend greatly on where a person lives and their health condition.
A common therapy for a person after an amputation is breathing oxygen enhanced air. It promotes healing that you can literally see happening. When the oxygen gets into their system the amputation area almost glows red.
2006-10-30 15:48:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Blood is never blue. That is a common myth. It looks blue under our skin because of the yellow pigments in our skin.
Blood varies from bright red (oxygenated) to purplish red (deoxygenated). In the body, blood would be brightest in the pulmonary veins which return the freshly oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart. Blood would be darkest in the pulmonary arteries which carry the deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
The air is much thinner on mountaintops so the blood would be darker there. It would be brighter in the lowest valleys, but I am sure these differences are minimal.
2006-10-31 02:48:26 · answer #2 · answered by ineedonebuddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At high altitudes such as at the top of Mt Everest humans have a lot of difficulty getting sufficient oxygen in their blood, this is why they usually wear oxygen tanks to make it easier for thier bodies. This can even have an effect on athletes moving from areas close to see level to areas of higher altitude for a sports event, they suffer more fatigue at high altitudes due to a decrease in oxygenation of their blood. People who routinely live at high altitude are better equiped to cope with this as their bodies are used to the amount of effort needed to sufficiently oxygenate their blood at that height. Blood would be brighter at lower altitudes such as Death Valley not Mount Everest. Hope this helps
2006-10-31 00:32:04 · answer #3 · answered by Em_butterfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The more oxygen you breath, the better oxygenated your blood will be. However, the dryness of Death Valley might inhibit the capacity of the air passages to humidify the air going in, so transfer may not be optimal at the alveoli (I stand to be corrected, however).
Find a low altitude rainforest, cool and damp. with plenty of new growth, then hyperventilate (theoretical only, this could be dangerous), and you will then have very well oxygenated blood.
Hope this helps.
2006-10-31 01:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by Labsci 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blood is always red just it is reddest when it is highly oxygenated like inside the body i would say it is reddest right when it hits the alveoli (lung sacs).
2006-10-30 23:49:02 · answer #5 · answered by missasmee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
right after the lungs
2006-10-30 23:48:25 · answer #6 · answered by rdcake 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it hits air.
2006-10-30 23:43:08 · answer #7 · answered by lovmen1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋