To explain:
The steps in the formation of a blood clot.
Introduction:
Hemostasis or hemostasis refers to a procedure that makes the bleeding to halt, that is, to sustain the blood inside the destructed blood vessel. It is the initial phase of wound healing. This includes coagulation, that is, the modification of the blood from a liquid to a gel.
When the endothelial injury takes place, the endothelial cells inhibit discharging of aggregation and coagulation inhibitors and discharge the von Willebrand factor that begins the upkeep of hemostasis post-injury. The hemostasis exhibit three prime steps: vasoconstriction, provisional obstruction of a break by a platelet plug, and formation of fibrin clot or blood coagulation.
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