Fordman50
08-23-2001, 08:16 AM
I noticed when I cut my arm that all that blood in my sandles was really sticky as it dried. I felt like it was soda or syrup.
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Corporate Avenger
08-23-2001, 08:29 AM
Cuz you are drinking too much soda..
Seriously, I'd assume it was coagulating, basically forming a scab between your skin and your shoes..
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Yeah, I believe it has to do with the lpatlets (clotting things) in the blood. It gets to work, 'sealing' together, so that further blood loss is minimized.
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Manu Narayan
Powerboss
08-23-2001, 04:02 PM
Amazing stuff eh? It also carries the oxygen throught our bodies and fights off infections.
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Originally posted by Powerboss:
Amazing stuff eh? It also carries the oxygen throught our bodies and fights off infections.
Yup, that is the main purpose of the blood system, a nutrient (food/oxygen) transport system...
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Icarus
11-09-2001, 09:30 AM
Newly spilled blood appears as a syrupy fluid, but this solidifies within a few minutes, to form a sticky clot which exudes a clear fluid.
The clear fluid is clotted plasma, called serum which contains the clotting factors which form clots on exposure to air. Since blood is 55% plasma, (which is also 90% water), without the plasma in the blood, the remaining factors solidify and become sticky.
Originally posted by Icarus
Newly spilled blood appears as a syrupy fluid, but this solidifies within a few minutes, to form a sticky clot which exudes a clear fluid.
The clear fluid is clotted plasma, called serum which contains the clotting factors which form clots on exposure to air. Since blood is 55% plasma, (which is also 90% water), without the plasma in the blood, the remaining factors solidify and become sticky.
Wow! Thanks!