Clot Contraction And Repair Flashcards
About 30-60 minutes after clot has formed, platelets within clot _
Contract
Like a muscle, platelets contain two contractile proteins called (2)
Actin
Myosin
Contraction pulls fibrin strands, _
Closing wounded area
At same time that clot is contracting, surrounding tissues _
Divide to repair vessel walls
Once tissue has healed (after about two days) _ dissolved
Fibrin mesh which holds clot together
Fibrin mesh dissolved process called _
Fibrinolysis
Fibrinolysis process catalyzed by enzyme _
Plasmin
Plasmin produced by the plasma protein called _
Plasminogen
_ are incorporated into the blood clot during its formation, where they lie dormant until activated by healing process
Plasminogen molecules
Normally a balance between _ is maintained in body
Coagulation
Fibrinolysis
