Posted on 06/13/2013 7:18:48 AM PDT by don-o
Collected blood is taken from veins, not arteries.
The color is the difference between bright red pure oxygenated blood of arteries and dull dark impure oxygen depleted blood of veins... exception being the pulmonary artery. Arteries are high pressure, veins are low pressure.
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