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  2. Health effects of tattoos - Wikipedia

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    Bruises can appear as halos around a tattoo, or, if blood pools, as one larger bruise. This bluish or dark blurry halo that surrounds a tattoo can also be attributed to ink diffusion or 'blow-out'. Commonly mistaken for a hematoma, this discolouration occurs when tattoo pigments spread out into the subcutaneous tissue beneath the dermal skin ...

  3. Medical tattoo - Wikipedia

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    Medical tattoo: blood type (below razor blade) A medical tattoo is a tattoo used to treat a condition, communicate medical information, or mark a body location for treatment. People may get a paramedical tattoo to conceal a condition or the effects of treatment, such as creating the appearance of an areola after breast reconstruction , or a ...

  4. Allen's test - Wikipedia

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    The modified Allen's test is also performed prior to heart bypass surgery. The radial artery is occasionally used as a conduit for bypass surgery, and its patency lasts longer in comparison to the saphenous veins. Prior to heart bypass surgery, the test is performed to assess the suitability of the radial artery to be used as a conduit.

  5. Blood test - Wikipedia

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    A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick. Multiple tests for specific blood components, such as a glucose test or a cholesterol test , are often grouped together into one test panel called a blood panel or blood work .

  6. Ulnar artery - Wikipedia

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    Forearm: Anterior ulnar recurrent artery, Posterior ulnar recurrent artery, Common interosseous is very short, around 1 cm, and gives rise to the anterior, posterior, and recurrent interosseous arteries and close to the wrist it gives off the palmar carpal branch which is the ulnar contribution to the palmar carpal arch and it also gives a dorsal carpal branch which is the ulnar contribution ...

  7. Legal status of tattooing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    All persons receiving a tattoo must attest they are not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. [124] Tattoo shop owners and body piercing studios must register with local board of health, and must be registered as a business with the state [125] [126] [127] W. Va. Code §16-37 W. Va. Code §16-38 [128] Wisconsin 18 [129]

  8. Vein matching - Wikipedia

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    Finger vein scanned. Vascular/vein pattern recognition (VPR) technology has been developed commercially by Hitachi since 1997, [9] in which infrared light absorbed by the hemoglobin in a subject's blood vessels is recorded (as dark patterns) by a CCD camera behind a transparent surface. [10]

  9. Cubital fossa - Wikipedia

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    A sample of blood being taken from the median cubital vein via the cubital fossa with a vacutainer for a blood test. Like other flexion surfaces of large joints ( groin , popliteal fossa , armpit and essentially the anterior part of the neck ), it is an area where blood vessels and nerves pass relatively superficially, and with an increased ...