Platelets Flashcards

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Agglutinate

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Clumping together to form small clusters; platelets agglutinate to start clotting process

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Fibrin

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Whitish protein formed by action of thrombin and fibrinogen, which is basis for clotting of blood

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3
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Hemostasis

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To stop bleeding or stagnation of circulating blood

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4
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Prothrombin

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Protein element within blood that interacts with calcium salts to form thrombin

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5
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Thrombin

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Clotting enzyme that converts fibrinogen to fibrin

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Thrombocytes

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Also called ‘platelets’; play critical part in blood-clotting process by agglutinating into small clusters and releasing thrombokinase

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7
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Thromboplastin

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Substance released by platelets; reacts with prothrombin to form thrombin

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