Describe the Process of Blood Clotting in Human Beings
Topic 11 Human Health and Physiology 2 1111 Describe the process of blood clotting Blood clots to prevent too much blood loss and prevent pathogens from entering the body Some plasma proteins are involved in clotting such as prothrombin and fibrinogen Platelets form in bone marrow along with red cells erythrocytes and white cells leucocytes Platelets are. The exception is an anticoagulant. Blood Clotting Process The clot acts like a mesh to stop the bleeding. . Next the platelets play a key role in covering the injured area to stop the bleeding. Blood clotting technically blood coagulation is the process by which liquid blood is transformed into a solid state. The damaged tissue and platelets release chemicals known as clotting factors that convert prothrombin into thrombin. They rupture on damaged tissue enzyme thromboplastin thrombokinase Thromboplastin neutralizes heparin anti-clotting factor and activates prothrombin t...