How Blood Clots Form Flashcards
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2
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Formation of blood clot is a complex process which involves over _ different chemicals
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30
3
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Some chemicals such as _ enhance clot formation, some called _ inhibit clotting
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Coagulation factors
Anticoagulants
4
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Clotting initiated by a complex cascade of biochemical reactions, involving _
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13 coagulation factors
5
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End result of clotting initiation cascade is formation of a complex chemical called _
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Prothrombin activator
6
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Prothrombin activator is a compound that catalyses plasma protein called prothrombin into a smaller protein called _
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Thrombin
7
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Thrombin catalyses joining together of _
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Fibrinogen molecule
(To make fibrin mesh)
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