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What prevents platelets from adhering to undamaged blood vessels?
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∙ 7y ago
This is prevented by prostacyclin (prostaglandin I2, PGI2) and nitric oxide released from the endothelium.
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Where do platelets begin in the human body?
Actually within blood vessels. Though megakaryocytes, the mothers of platelets grow in the bone marrow, but they send pseudopodia into the adjoining blood vessels and release the platelets, which are actually fragments of the pseudopodia. So, in the blood vessels.
Why does redness occur during injury?
Redness is a vasodilatation of nearby undamaged blood vessels.
Platelets are used for what?
Platelets are the cells that circulate within our blood and bind together when they recognize damaged blood vessels.
Are platelet produced in the bone marrow?
Platelets are also known as thrombocytes. One of their main functions is blood coagulation. Formation of thrombocytes or platelets occure when the endothelium is damaged. The endothelium is the inner lining of blood vessels. Therefore, platelets are formed within and by damaged blood vessels.
What are the particles which control blood loss from broken vessels?
Platelets
Which of the blood cells make the blood clot?
It's not a blood cell. It is platelets. They clot due to blood loss from damaged blood vessels
Are platelets blood vessels?
No. They are cells that help heal wounds on your skin. Blood vessels are arteries and veins.
What can prevent clots from forming in undamaged blood vessels?
The single most favorable factor that can help prevent clots from forming in undamaged blood vessels is to not smoke. It is also advisable not to take any medications that may aggravate or encourage the blood to clot.
What if platelets weren't in the blood?
Without platelets your blood vessels would not heal if they were torn and you would lose blood and die.
What is the function of the blood platelets?
Platelets help close breaks in damaged blood vessels and initiate formation of blood clots.
Which is best suited to the clotting process that occurs when blood vessels are ruptured?
Platelets
What do platelets form?
Megakaryocytes are the bone marrow cells that produce platelets.
