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Q: What holds platelets in position over an injury?
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Why are platelets important in physical activitysports?

platelets form blood clotting, so when a performer has an injury, such as a cut or graze, platelets in the blood form fibres and (blood clots, preventing blood flow) and a scab is formed over the wound to prevent infection.


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What is a chronic injury?

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What do platelets do in blood?

Platelets are cell fragments which are an important part of blood clotting. Similarly to red blood cells, they don't have a nucleus, but they are a lot smaller than red blood cells. When there are too few platelets, wounds don't close as well and you bleed more. Conversely, when there are too many, your blood clots too easily and blood clots might form without there being a wound - leading to thrombosis. However, the range of platelet counts that are healthy is very large, unlike for other blood cells. If you're on the lower end, somebody with five times as many platelets as you might still be perfectly healthy. How they work: When a blood vessel is injured, blood comes into contact with the protein mesh underneath the vessel wall. This mesh contains collagen. Blood contains platelets, but also a protein called Von Willebrand Factor (VWF), which sticks to collagen. Once it is stuck down, VWF itself becomes sticky for platelets which are also in the blood. This way, VWF becomes like glue stripts for platelets to stick onto an injury. This causes platelets to activate and stick to each other, forming a plug over the injury. There are more details to what platelets do, but this is their main function.


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What is the role of a platelet?

Platelets help your blood to clot.The blood is composed of 4 main things: white blood cells, red blood cells, blood platelets and the straw coloured fluid that they float in, called plasma.The function of blood platelets is to form a clot (scab) over the area that was cut, so that the blood doesn't keep oozing out of the cut.Blood platelets form clots.


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The primary sealant that plugs leaks in blood vessels is?

When a blood vessel is damaged, tissue factor and von-Willebrand's factor are exposed, causing platelets to adhere to the area. These platelets are then activated, which causes more platelets to stick and fibrinogen to be converted to fibrin, which makes a solid seal over the damaged area.


A strain is an injury in which a muscle?

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