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The fingers actually swell up when they become saturated with water.
The reason it appears shrunken or wrinkled is because of the skin being held to the bottom layer where the skin is connected.
Basically fingers would look completely swollen if they werent held down by connective tissue underneath.
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Why do your fingers and toes appeared wrinkled when wet for a long time?
You have natural oils on your skin that at first repels the water. But if you are in the water long enough, the oils disappear and leave your fingers and toes wrinkled. They have absorbed water but it will go away soon after you dry.
Do you have to have long fingers to play piano?
No, it just makes it easier to have long, flexible fingers. Often, people who have played the piano for a long time have long fingers.
Why do your fingers get wrinkly in water: Is it due to osmosis or some other scientific process?
When your fingers are in water for a long time, the outer layer of skin absorbs water and swells, causing the skin to wrinkle. This process is not due to osmosis, but rather a reaction of the skin to prolonged exposure to water.
Why do your fingers wrinkle in water due to osmosis?
When your fingers are in water for a long time, the outer layer of skin absorbs water and swells up. This causes the skin to wrinkle because of osmosis, a process where water moves into cells to balance out the concentration of solutes inside and outside the cells.
Why do your fingers crinkle when you are done swimming for a long time?
Well you have been in the pool long and your hand is in water so it wrinkles Thanks! , Ashlyn Cook proves right !
Why does skin of your fingers shrinks when you wash cloths for a long time?
when we wash cloths our finger cells are dipped in hyper tonic solution they loose water by osmosis and shrink
Why does your fingers get pruney when it's wet in water?
because of the water soaking into your skin
Why the skin of your fingers shrink when you wash clothes for a long time?
when we wash cloths our finger cells are dipped in hyper tonic solution they loose water by osmosis and shrink
Why human beings cannot survive in water for long time?
Two main reasons: The salinity of the body is .9% and the water is 0% therefore the water leaches out the salt in the body. That is why the wrinkles in your fingers after a long bath. Second is the temperature. The body is at 98.6 F and can lose or gain temperature when submerged.
What is the medical diagnoses for smoking marijuana for a long period of time?
Heavy marijuana users is the phrase most often used for long-term smokers. There's no diagnoses for that, but research recently spoke of "shrunken structures inside the brain."
What will happen to an animal cell if placed in a concentrated solution?
when an animal cell is placed in a concentrated or diloute solution, it soakes up the water but because animal cell do not have cell walls like plant cells they will eventually burst.
Why does the skin of your fingers shrink when you wash clothes for a long time '?
when we wash cloths our finger cells are dipped in hyper tonic solution they loose water by osmosis and shrink
