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A scab is produced by platelets and it stops the bacteria getting through the body which saves work for your white blood cells.
The scab gets hard and makes a ''barrier'' to stop germs getting in your body.
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How does a scab protect your body?
it protects your body as no infections will get into you're blood
How does the body react to a cut?
The blood clots; leaving a scab. Then the body grows skin under the scab; once healed the scab falls off.
How does your body help when you get a cut?
It puts a scab on your skin
What is the difference between a scab and a virus?
A scab is a dried-up, crusty patch of dead skin on any part of your body on the skin. A virus is completely different from a scab, because a virus is what messes up computers, or carries colds and other diseases (diseases like the flu, the common cold, etc.) that affect human health. Though, the only way in which a scab and virus are related is that if the scab is scratched off, or there is an open spot in the scab, a virus could enter the body through the scab.
What tissue covers and protects the body?
The skin covers and protects the body.
Can you get a scab on your scrotum?
no.. I'm a Doctor and if you have scabs that mostly means you have HIV. a very serious sexually transmitted disease.. and it means you like guys
Why is a scab formed when you cut your knee?
The scab - is your body's defences protecting the damaged skin and underlying tissue from contamination while it heals. The scab is formed from dry blood cells which prevents dirt getting into the cut.
Why are platelets important to the human body?
Platelets help the body to protect wounds by creating a scab
Skin protects you by keeping what in the body?
Skin protects you by keeping moisture in the body.
What organ system protects and supports the body?
The Skeletal System protects all your organs and supports the body.
What is a strikebreaker?
Strikebreaker is slang for a clot of body fluid. In lamens terms, a scab!
What grows under a scab?
New skin ! If you cut yourself, the body despatches loads of platelets to the wound site to stop blood oozing out - which form the scab. This is a barrier to stop infection getting into the cut. Underneath the the scab, the body sets to work forming new skin and blood vessels to repair the cut.
