Just by looking at the color of a freshly drawn blood sample, how could you distinguish between blood that is well oxygenated and blood that is poorly oxygenated?

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Stanley Hess

Biology

2 July, 23:22

Just by looking at the color of a freshly drawn blood sample, how could you distinguish between blood that is well oxygenated and blood that is poorly oxygenated?

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August Glass · Answer 1

There are two types of blood that flows through our bodies: oxygenated and deoxygenated. Oxygenated blood is the one that is pumped in the left side of the atrium in the heart. As its name tells us, is the one that is highly with oxygen and low in carbon dioxide. Normally a sample of an oxygenated blood will be very bright in red due to the amount of blood cells in it. Deoxygenated blood is the one that is pumped in the right side of the atrium in the heart. This blood is the one that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide. It is also known as the venous blood. Normally a sample of a deoxygenated blood will be darker almost going on blue.