functions of blood- blood clotting
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- Created on: 19-06-18 19:03
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- functions of blood (blood clotting)
- women: 4-5 litres of blood
- men: 5-6 litres
- loosing 2 litres of blood = serious issues or death
- if skin is broken = pathogens gaining access
- = blood poisoning & organ damage
- when exposed to air or foreign material
- = activates chain reaction
- coagulation: converts soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin
- forms net like structure
- traps platelets & erythrocytes = clot
- forms net like structure
- haemophilia: lack erythrocytes or platelets
- = blood no longer clots
- chronic blood loss
- = blood no longer clots
- platelets: help activate immune system
- = minimising threat of pathogenic invasion
- women: 4-5 litres of blood
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