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earnstyle [38]
2 years ago
5

Why do your fingers look like prunes after swimming for a long time?

Biology
2 answers:
Alina [70]2 years ago
7 0

Answer:

pruney fingers are caused by shrinking blood vessels. When you soak in water, your nervous system sends a message to your blood vessels to shrink. Your body responds by sending blood away from the area, and the loss of blood volume makes your vessels thinner.

Paraphin [41]2 years ago
6 0

Answer:

This is because when you swim in a pool for a while your hand seem to be pruney and it is because when the hand is soaked in water, the nervous system sends a message to the blood vessels in your hand to shrink.

And the reduction of blood from the area in your which is soaked and then your hand seems like pruney

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