Blood Clotting

Sunday, October 11, 2020

• Must: To understand how blood-clotting
mechanism works.
• Should: To understand the working of
platelets and the Cascade system
• Could: to relate the blood clotting
mechanism with the building up of plaque
in the arteries

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Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:
Red cells
Blood ; red and white cells.
Red cells and platelets
Red cells, white cells and platelets
Blood clotting
Substances in blood clotting
 How do we stop bleeding?
• When we are cut, our blood comes out for
a few m------------ and then stops.
• The blood becomes th---------r and then it
becomes so-------.
• We call the thick blood a “Blood c----”
• We call the solid blood a “S---”
• This is a very important mechanism.
WHY?
Platelets and fibrin stick Red cells
together to start the blood clotting.
The fibrin and cells turn into a scab
A blood clot can block an artery and
cause a heart attack or a stroke.
A clot blocking a vein.
Strokes can leave you paralysed.
Strokes can leave you paralysed.
Composition of body fluids
Glossary
What’s the keyword?