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Platelets react to tissue factor found outside the blood vessel when it is ruptured. The platelets, when activated, clump together with albumin, fibrin, and other clotting factors in the blood to form a protective clot.

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What forms a sticky net in a blood clot?

platelets!!


Is it true that platelets form a sticky clot when a blood vessel is cut?

The same process that creates problem blood clots leading to strokes are the same helpful processes that stops bleeding from a cut. The body sends platelets to the area. Platelets create a sticky cohesion between blood components and red blood cells. Macrophages rush to the area to begin cleaning up debris. The bleeding is stopped with the clot; healing begins. In a problem clot inside a blood vessel, the platelets' stickiness attacts more red blood cells. The blood components in the blood stream get caught against the clot, making it thicker. If the clot dislodges, it can travel to the heart or brain. Luckily, with a cut, the body reabsorbs the platelets and red blood cells that stuck together to make the clot. Soon, the clot is gone, the skin heals.


Fibrin is produced when the blood components called what start a chain reaction that produces a blood clot?

When blood components called platelets are activated, they start a chain reaction that leads to the formation of fibrin. Fibrin forms a mesh that traps red blood cells and platelets to create a blood clot.


Do platelets dissolve a forming clot?

No, platelets aggregate to form a clot but do not dissolve it. Clot dissolution or removal is typically done by fibrinolysis, a process mediated by enzymes that break down the fibrin mesh in the clot.


What helps clot blood?

Platelets


Which helps clot the blood?

platelets


What is the pricipal purpose of blood platelets?

Blood platelets help blood clot.


What two components of blood make blood clots?

Platelets and fibrin are the two main components of blood that work together to form blood clots. Platelets form a plug at the site of injury, while fibrin forms a mesh to stabilize the clot and stop bleeding.


What makes your blood clot from cut?

Platelets.


Blood clots are partly due to the action of?

platelets, which are small cell fragments in the blood. When there is an injury to blood vessels, platelets are activated and adhere to the site of injury, forming a plug. This plug can then attract more platelets and other components of the blood, leading to the formation of a clot. The clot helps to prevent excessive bleeding and promote wound healing.


What is platelets and what is the function?

platelets is cell fragments! the function is to release proteins to help blood to clot! :)


What blood cells help the blood to clot?

platelets