Green color at bruise site is due to:

Ans. (d) Biliverdin* Bruise is a skin contusion which is also known as hematoma of skin* Capillaries and sometimes venules are damaged by trauma, allowing blood to seep, hemorrhage, or extravasate into the surrounding interstitial tissues.* Larger bruises may change color due to the breakdown of hemoglobin from within escaped RBC in the extracellular space.* The striking colors of a bruise are caused by the Phagocytosis and sequential degradation of hemoglobin to biliverdin to bilirubin to hemosiderin* The color changes noted at the site of bruise is secondary to:# Hemoglobin itself producing a red-blue color# Biliverdin producing a green color# Bilirubin producing a yellow color# Hemosiderin producing a golden-brown color