Blood Clotting

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What is another name for clotting in terms of blood

Coagulation

What is blood clotting

Clotting or coagulation is the process by which blood losses it's liquidity and becomes a jelly like mass few minutes after it is shed out or collected in a container

What are the stages of blood clotting

Formation of prothrombin activator 2. Conversion of prothrombin to thrombin 3. Conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin

What are the pathways for formation of prothrombin activator

Intrinsic and extrinsic pathways Signup and view all the answers

What are the 6th to 10th clotting factor

VI. (Does not exist). VII. Proconvertin. VIII. Anti hemophilic factor ( VIII:C) von Willie brand factor (VIII:R). IX. Christmas factor X. Stuart - prower factor Signup and view all the answers

What are the 1st to 5th clotting factors

I. Fibrnogen. II. Prothrombin. III. Thromboplastin. IV.Ca2+. V. Proaccelerin Signup and view all the answers

What are the 11th to 15th clotting factor

XI. Plasma thromboplastin XII. Hageman factor. XIII. Laki lorand factor. XIV. Fletcher factor. XV. Kininogen of high molecular mass Signup and view all the answers

What is haemophilia

It is the inability of blood to clot Signup and view all the answers

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Blood Clotting

The process where blood loses its fluidity and forms a jelly-like mass.

Blood Coagulation

Another term for blood clotting.