Why does the body bleed so little during surgery?

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I mean, I get a little nick from a knife while chopping vegetables and I fill up a small bowl with blood… but these guys are doing open heart surgery and theres barely any blood at all.

Why is that?

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They are trained at keeping it cleaned up so they can do the surgery. Typically patients are giving several “units” of blood during a surgery to make up for the loss. How much loss depends on the surgery obviously.

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