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Ouch!


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Here's how platelets form clots. This small artery has a cut.


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Blood flowing past the cut includes

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red blood cells that carry oxygen,


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platelets that come from

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white blood cell fragments,


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and clotting factors that help blood clot.


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When a blood vessel is damaged, blood cells 


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and plasma ooze into surrounding tissue. 


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Platelets immediately stick to the edges of the 

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cut and release 


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chemicals that attract more platelets.


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Eventually, a platelet plug is formed, 

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and the outside bleeding stops.


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On the inside, 

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clotting factors cause a cascade of activity 


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that includes strands of blood-borne material 

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called fibrin 


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sticking together to seal the inside of the wound.


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Eventually, the blood vessel heals, 


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and several days later, the blood clot dissolves.