Plasma is the liquid component of blood. It does not cause the clotting. The part of blood that causes clotting are the platelets.
Platelets or blood clotting proteins cause blood to clot.
Blood Plasma minus clotting factors is called the 'Serum'.
lipase
Cyrum
we can say that blood clotting is a function of blood because plasma is involved in blood cloting and plasma is a consituent of blood.
Platlets Plasma
Not normally
fibrinogens
Serum, it lacks all of the elements needed for clotting. They have been separated out.
fibrinogen
clotting proteins and cells