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  • How does blood clot?

  • With the help of glue.

  • Not at all.

  • Our blood consists of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, clotting factors, etc.

  • Suspended in a liquid plasma.

  • Hey.

  • I too have a plasma, look.

  • Please listen.

  • Usually, when a blood vessel gets ruptured and we bleed, our blood begins to form a clot.

  • First, the platelets start sticking to the broken vessel and each other.

  • Thus forming a loose plug.

  • But this plug is not enough to stop bleeding.

  • Hence,

  • The clotting factors take part in a complex chain of chemical reactions and create fibrin strands.

  • These strands criss-cross one another and create a mesh that tightly holds the loose plug together.

  • Makes it strong.

  • Red blood cells and white blood cells also get trapped in the mesh.

  • Thus creating a blood clot that completely stops bleeding.

How does blood clot?

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