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When an injury tears open a blood vessel, blood platelts stick to the broken vessel. Fibrinogen gathers on the platelets and changes into a tangled network of fine threads, which in turn catches more platelts and blood cells. The platelets and Fibrinogen cause the blood to clot.

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