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Q: What is blood platelet plug formation?
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What three components needed for hemostasis and coagulation?

Vasoconstriction, platelet plug formation and clotting of blood.


What is the stimulus for a platelet plug or blood clot to form?

The stimulus for a platelet formation is bleeding where the body automatically detects if there is a presence of bleeding inside or outside the body.


What are the three steps of hemostasis?

the three steps of hemostasis are :- (1) vasoconstrictiion (2) blood platelet plug formation (3) coagulation of blood


What is a primary homeostasis?

Primary homeostasis includes vascular constriction and platelet plug( aggregate plug) formation in response to bleeding. Mainly vessel function and platelet function are mainly concerned in primary homeostasis.


Round oval disk which controls clot formation?

Red Blood Cells Answer#2 platelet


A platelet plug is formed when fibrinogen is converted to fibrin.?

False. This happens when a clot is formed


Why is bleeding time shorter than clotting time?

Hemostasis occurs in a sequence: 1. Vasoconstriction 2. Formation of platelet plug 3. Formaion of clot Bleeding time is the time from the onset of bleeding till the stoppage of bleeding i.e. temporary hemoststic plug formation (platelet plug). Clotting time is the time from the onset of bleeding till the clot formation (i.e. definitive hemostatic plug). Hence, clotting time is longer then bleeding time.


Which type of blood cell is responsible for thrombus formation?

A fragment of a blood cell called a megokaryocte, is responsible for blood clotting. This fragment is called a platelet.


What are three ways in which hemostasis occur?

Hemostasis is when the blood is outside the body by way of an injury. The vessels constrict and cause clotting to stop the bleeding.


How blood clotting prevent inside human body?

Normally the beginning of a blood clot, platelet plug formation, doesn't occur unless the platelets are exposed to the underlying collagen fibers. That doesn't happen unless the blood vessel has been damaged so clots usually only occur in response to a damaged blood vessel.


Which hormone regulates platelet formation?

thrombopoietin


What is released when a platelet plug is formed?

A platelet plug is formed through the following processes in order to literally plug a hole in the wall of the vascular lumen: