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Why does the skin of a person gets bluish during vasoconstriction?

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Astha Gupta ·2013-07-13 10:22:05

it refers to the narrowing of blood vessels due to contraction of the muscular walls of the vessels. As a result,this restricts the flow of blood and this makes the skin to turn paler because less blood reaches the surface.

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Astha Gupta so....the skin gets a bluish appearance....i hope it helps u...
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Moumita Sen ·2013-07-18 06:55:28

Restriction of blood flow to the skin means tissues take up more oxygen per unit volume of blood. So there is more deoxyhemoglobin which is purple in color. Hence the skin appears bluish.

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Astha Gupta oh....that is a more detailed and better answer..of course.....:)
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