blood clotting
Wound sealing mechanism
Blood clotting is the process by which blood thickens and solidifies to stop bleeding from a wound.
The body forms clots through a cascade of chemical reactions involving platelets and proteins called clotting factors.
Clotting that occurs inside blood vessels—rather than at wound sites—can be dangerous, causing strokes or heart attacks.
Also called coagulation.
- thrombinSerine protease enabling coagulation
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
- fibrinogenPlasma protein for coagulation
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- hemophiliaGenetic clotting impairment
scab · factor VIII · warfarin · embolism · heparin · anticoagulants · stroke · internal bleeding · sticky · bruise · plasma · gauze · bandage · congeal · aspirin · wound · stop the bleeding · prothrombin
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hemostatic process
blood clottinghemorrhaging
Excessive blood loss
bleeding · hemorrhage · exsanguination · bleeding out · anticoagulation