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When blood is deoxygenated and flowing back to the heart through the veins, it is dark reddish-blue in color. Blood in the arteries that is oxygenated and flowing out to the body is bright red. Whereas arterial blood comes out in spurts, venous blood flows.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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If all the neurons in the human body were lined up, they would stretch more than 600 miles.
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Asthma cases in Americans are about 75% higher today than they were in 1980.
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Adult head lice are gray, about ? inch long, and often have a tiny dot on their backs. A female can lay between 50 and 150 eggs within the several weeks that she is alive. They feed on human blood.