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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.
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.
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 is the function of the blood platelets?
Platelets help close breaks in damaged blood vessels and initiate formation of blood clots.
What are the particles which control blood loss from broken vessels?
Platelets
How are blood cells and platelets transported through the body?
Blood cells and platelets are suspended in blood plasma (mostly water) and moved through the body in blood vessels (arteries, veins & capillaries). The blood is forced through the blood vessels by the heart.
What are platelets and what is its function?
Platelets are nuclear cells rotates the blood and get rid of blood clots.they release protein , and close up the tear in the blood vessels..
Blood that repairs blood vessels help blood clot?
The platelets inside of blood preform this function.
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
What do platelets form?
Megakaryocytes are the bone marrow cells that produce platelets.
Which is best suited to the clotting process that occurs when blood vessels are ruptured?
Platelets
