How Blood Clots

Question 1

Plotting process known as _

Answer 1

Hemostasis

Question 2

Blood completes circuit around body every _

Answer 2

Minute

Question 3

Blood flows freely in intact blood vessel partly due to naturally occurring _

Answer 3

Anticoagulant

Question 4

If blood vessel wall breaks, series of _ initiate stop to bleeding

Answer 4

Chemical reactions

Question 5

Hemostasis involves many _ factors

Answer 5

Blood coagulation

Question 6

Blood coagulation factors available in _

Answer 6

Plasma

Question 7

Hemostasis also involves chemicals released from _ (2)

Answer 7

Platelets

Injured cells

Question 8

3 main stage’s if Hemostasis (3)

Answer 8

Vasoconstriction

Platelet plug formation

Coagulation

Question 9

Platelets become _ and stick to each other and cut area

Answer 9

Sticky

Question 10

Coagulation aka _

Answer 10

Blood clotting

Question 11

Next, platelet plug is reinforced with a mesh work of _

Answer 11

Fibrin fibers

Question 13

Fibrin net traps _ to form secondary Hemostatic plug, or blood clot (2)

Answer 13

Red blood cells

White blood cells