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What is The partial cells needed to form blood clots?

platelets


What is the material that forms when blood clots?

Platelets, small yellowish cells in the body, that group together to seal openings in blood veins.


What type of blood helps plug up your cuts?

Red blood cells form the clots, while white blood cells seal it from below.


What is the living part of the blood?

The living part of blood is the white blood cells (leukocytes) and platelets. These cells are responsible for fighting infections and forming blood clots to prevent excessive bleeding.


What problem with the immune system can cause severe blood clots?

The immune system has phagocytic cells called macrophages that eat up clots that result from tissue damage or allergic reactions. If these phagocytic cells are not doing there job then these clots do not get eaten up.


How is cryoglobulin tested?

The test is done on a person's serum (the yellow liquid part of blood that separates from the cells after the blood clots ).


Why is it important to separate packed cells before transfusion?

So that blood clots cannot form


What is an anticoagulant substance produced by basophils and tissue cells to prevent formation of thrombi and emboli?

Heparin is an anticoagulant substance produced by basophils and tissue cells. It helps prevent the formation of blood clots (thrombi) and dislodged blood clots (emboli) in the bloodstream.


What might happen to blood flow if we increased the number of blood cells?

Increasing the number of blood cells can lead to increased blood viscosity, which may slow down blood flow. This can potentially affect the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to tissues and create a risk for blood clots.


Blood clots during your period?

blood clots doing my period


Why blood clots do not form in a blood donation?

They do not form in a blood donation because blood clots are out of our anotomy


How does blood help you get better when you are ill?

The white blood cells in your blood fight diseases, the red blood cells give you more oxygen if you are oxygen deprived, and the platelets form blood clots to keep you from losing to much blood when you get cut or bruised.