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There are the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways in clotting. The intrinsic pathway is initiated when blood comes in contact with damaged endothelium or collagen, and involves clotting factors XII, XI, IX, and VIII. The extrinsic pathway is activated when being exposed to tissue factor from tissue injury or the addition of thromboplastin to blood, and involves clotting factor VII. The two pathways meet at the point of clotting factor X activation to lead the final common pathway. From here, factor X is converted to prothrombin, prothrombin to thrombin, thrombin to fibrinogen, fibrinogen to fibrin, and finally fibrin to fibrin clot. Platelets, activated by thrombin, adhere to the damaged endothelium wall or collagen to form a plug. At the same time, they activate clotting factors VII and X. More platelets are stimulated by fibrin clots, resulting in reinforcing the formed clots.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoBlood clotting is what the platelets in your body do to prevent you from bleeding out. They are what forms scabs when you get cut.
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What blood cell helps is blood clotting?
Platelets help with blood clotting
What component of blood is responsible for clotting blood?
The chief plasma component to the clotting of blood is the platelet. The additional components include blood clotting factors.
Do red blood cells intimate clotting?
Red blood cells do not initiate clotting. Platelets initiate clotting.
What is the blood clotting disorder calledWhat is the blood clotting disorder called?
Hemophilia
What is anticogulants?
An anticoagulant stops the blood from clotting.
Does plasma prevent the loss of blood by causing clotting?
Plasma is the liquid component of blood. It does not cause the clotting. The part of blood that causes clotting are the platelets.
The ion essential for blood clotting is?
Platelets are important for blood clotting. Along with these platelets there are various blood clotting factors which helps to clot the blood.
Blood clotting vitamin?
Vitamin K is responsible for blood clotting. Or is it responsible for clotting blood? Whatever way you want to say it, it's vitamin K. :)
What term is meant for a blood clotting disorder?
Hemophilia is a genetic blood clotting disorder.
Why does the blood stop clotting in diabetes?
it shouldn't the disease where blood stops clotting is hemophillia
Is blood clotting a blood function?
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.
Blood clotting is ultimately due to the formation of the protein known as?
protein does not cause blood clotting but the platelets in the blood does.
