Is there a specific element or what the makes it red? And why is it that an oxygenated blood is brighter red in color than a deoxygenated one?
2006-12-12 01:05:53 · 21 answers · asked by ayaliz 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
cause god like it red. I have it blue
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2006-12-12 08:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 2⤋
What Makes The Blood Red
2017-01-20 20:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by marceau 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red blood cells, or corpuscles, encased in blood vessels, color the blood. Since there are about 35 trillion of these tiny, round, flat discs circulating in one's body at any one time, their sheer number necessarily lends their red color to the blood. Red blood cells are red only because they contain a protein chemical called hemoglobin which is bright red in color. Hemoglobin contains the element Iron, making it an excellent vehicle for transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide
2016-05-23 08:29:49 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody that's already made the comment about iron in the blood being exposed to oxygen is right. Additionally, as far as we know, iron is the reason why Mars, the "red planet," appears red to us.
I smashed my thumb a few weeks ago, and blood got under the nail. The blood was a really dark color, but didn't turn the bright red that you refer to, because it wasn't exposed to the air.
2006-12-12 01:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by brainiac5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The red colour of blood is due to oxygenated iron in the red blood cells.
The dark colour of deoxygenated blood is due to deoxygenated iron
2006-12-12 01:14:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the oxidation process that changes the color of blood into the bright red, originally blood is more of a deep blue/purple color, but the chemical reaction of exposing the blood to oxygen in the air, oxidizes the blood and it changes into red.
This is the same process that happens when metal rusts.
2006-12-12 01:08:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
red blood cells turn blue when their oxygen is depleted. That is why venous blood looks blue through our skin. After the blood is recycles back through the lungs, it turns red from the oxygenation. That is why arterial spurts are bright red. Blood is made up of primarily red blood cells and plasma. Plasma is clear, and so the red blood cells give the blood its color.
2006-12-12 01:08:38 · answer #7 · answered by emilyumo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you have let blood to the air - or released it from the body - oxygen makes it red.
2006-12-12 01:15:11 · answer #8 · answered by No one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the oxygen binds to hemoglobin to make the blood red. The more oxygen is bound to hemoglobin the more red the blood is.
2006-12-12 01:14:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The colour is due the iron element in the hemoglobine.
Oxigen makes it brighter!
2006-12-12 01:08:39 · answer #10 · answered by Vlad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oxygen makes blood red b/c it's actually blue inside of your body.
2006-12-12 01:13:19 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋