0
Scientists have now concluded that your fingers wrinkle in water due to the body adapting to its environment. When you fingers and toe wrinkle, it increases the body's ability to grip water and slippery surfaces and objects.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Anonymous
Caitlin Croxford
Yes
Anonymous
This video explains the process of osmoregulation. Water through osmosis passes through the skin and moves to equalize solution concentration. The water you are in has a higher or lower concentration of certain chemicals.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Why do fingers wrinkle when having been under water?
water enters the cells in the skin
Do fingers and toes wrinkle after prolonged in seawater?
because of exosmosis happen between water inside and outsude
Why do your fingers not wrinkle in salt water?
The water inside of the body is saltier than salt water, so wrinkles do not form. Wrinkles form when skin is in water because of the evaporation of water out of the skin after being immersed.
Explain why limp carrot sticks become crisp and your fingers becomes wrinkle when placed in hot water?
It is because of osmosis. Water enters the carrot cells whereas it travels in the opposite direction in your finger.
Does cracking your knuckles wrinkle the skin on your knuckles?
Bending your fingers is a more likely reason that they are wrinkled.
What is a sentence with the word wrinkle?
The sudden arrival of the long-lost cousin put a new wrinkle in the plot of the tale. The wrinkle in the rug is what tripped me up!
What liquid causes your hands to wrinkle the fastest?
water.
What is the term for wrinkled skin that has been in water too long?
Pruney or wrinkled skin due to prolonged exposure to water is often referred to as "pruney fingers" or "waterlogged skin." This temporary condition is caused by the outer layer of skin absorbing water and swelling, which then causes the skin to wrinkle or pucker.
Why the fingers shrink after bath?
The skin will wrinkle because your skin is made up of two layers. The outer layer is called the epidermis and the lower level is the dermis. The outer layer (epidermis) produces an oily substance called sebum. You can see this substance when you touch a window or mirror and your "oily" fingerprint is left there. One job sebum does is it keeps water out of your skin-a job that it does very well. However, after long periods of time in a swimming pool, shower, or bathtub, much of the sebum is washed off and your outer layer of skin starts to absorb water. As it absorbs water it swells, but since the epidermis is "tied" down to your dermis in certain spots, it expands more where it is not "tied" down and this causes your skin to wrinkle. The difference between your skin and a raisin is that raisins wrinkle because they shrink, but your skin wrinkles because it is getting bigger. Once you get out of the pool or tub, the water that your skin absorbed will evaporate, your skin will return to its usual size, and you body will produce more sebum. Your fingers and toes will be back to normal in no time.
What would you expect to happen to fingers and toes of swimmers in the Great Salt Lake in Utah would their skin wrinkle or feel tight and why?
They'd get wet!
Does age affect the time hands wrinkle in water?
i like poneys]
What happens to the fingers seen through the water?
The fingers appear to bend sharply at the surface of the water.
