Why are your veins blue? | We The Curious

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  • Опубликовано: 14 ноя 2013
  • Why are your veins blue? Nerys Shah uses infrared light to take a look underneath her skin to find out.
    This video was presented by: Nerys Shah, Live Science Team
    Produced and edited by: Ross Exton, Live Science Video Producer
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Комментарии • 42

  • @thomashart7518
    @thomashart7518 2 года назад +7

    Veins look blue/green because these colors have shorter wavelengths that scatter more than red light. This scattering of shorter wavelengths is the same reason the sky is blue or eyes are blue. Your body does not produce blue pigment. Instead, light enters deep into your skin (which is translucent), hits your blood vessels, and is scattered back to you with blue being most visible and red largely being absorbed. So the color you see is blue, not red. You'll notice this does not happen when blood vessels are closer to the surface (e.g. veins in your eyes, or skin when you blush)

  • @reesejeffries585
    @reesejeffries585 6 лет назад +8

    Did you know that if you rub ice on your wrists it makes your veins look even more blue

  • @Competitive_Antagonist
    @Competitive_Antagonist 7 лет назад +7

    1:04
    So deoxygenated blood is a darker red, but not blue.

    • @kickmonlee3390
      @kickmonlee3390 2 года назад +1

      @@sierrapadilla808 I hate how many bots like this are going around and recommending people buy random BS like this

  • @raghavbl4596
    @raghavbl4596 2 года назад +3

    Negetive and positive wires.

  • @dominoreigns8542
    @dominoreigns8542 3 года назад +1

    Why then do some people have green veins & others blue? I've had green veins my whole life & recently some of the veins in my arms & hands are now blue.

    • @itsorpa1118
      @itsorpa1118 2 года назад

      True my veins are also blue..is it really bad to see veins under the skin?

    • @RatpoisonX
      @RatpoisonX 2 года назад +1

      @@itsorpa1118 no not at all. If they are bulging out, extremely 3D like them yes. However this tends to happen to elderly people with thicker blood. If you’re young then it should be checked out.

    • @itsorpa1118
      @itsorpa1118 2 года назад

      @@RatpoisonX thanks for enlighting

  • @trumanharper4824
    @trumanharper4824 5 лет назад +1

    that thing looks cool at 2:20

  • @MyNameIsPaulMcCartne
    @MyNameIsPaulMcCartne 10 лет назад +3

    血管を見やすくするライト。
    2:14 赤外線を使ってるのに緑なのはなんでだろう。
    安価なら病院で使えるね

  • @abednatsheh9194
    @abednatsheh9194 4 года назад +3

    she's cute

  • @mohakjain2005
    @mohakjain2005 3 года назад

    really it is the curious one
    #Bio2U Classes

  • @Luffy_wastaken
    @Luffy_wastaken 2 года назад +1

    In short: 2:27

  • @lavanyavenir2370
    @lavanyavenir2370 5 лет назад +1

    plz explain in tamil

  • @NickMoline
    @NickMoline 10 лет назад +2

    Why don't Pick Nurses use these?

    • @MichaelJohnsonIT
      @MichaelJohnsonIT 10 лет назад +1

      Wow that is cool!

    • @LoriB02
      @LoriB02 10 лет назад

      Agreed, they should use those. it'd save some pain for all.

  • @theinternetnazi1456
    @theinternetnazi1456 2 года назад +1

    I mean ok but you just said our veins weren’t actually blue but you didn’t say why they look blue

  • @hanifaadiong7503
    @hanifaadiong7503 5 лет назад

    i h8 fast talker

  • @freakyfrosty4277
    @freakyfrosty4277 7 лет назад +3

    Bullshit, they're blue.

  • @korlumchukhu3150
    @korlumchukhu3150 7 лет назад +8

    its not blue it looks green

  • @user-uz9hg1ug6m
    @user-uz9hg1ug6m 2 года назад +2

    This video didn't answer the question at all :(

  • @bittendead
    @bittendead 10 лет назад +1

    Is Shah an Indian or Pakistan last name?

  • @brucecommunity7518
    @brucecommunity7518 3 года назад

    U look like mia khalifa... No offense 😀👍🏿