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What factors are responsible for blood clotting outside of the body, for example in the case of an injury, and not internally?
Platelets are tiny red cells that flow with in our bodies to assist with our injuries. When we cut ourselves, blood flows with the cut and this carries platelets. The...
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Why does chelation of calcium prevent blood clotting?
Blood clotting is a complex process, involving a cascade of reactions. Somewhere in this chain, activated platelets will have an increased level of $Ca^(2+)$ in their cytosol. This Calcium acts...
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How do platelets assist in blood clotting?
The immediate process of stopping blood after injury is known as " hemostasis " and involves 3 steps 1) blood vessel spasms 2) formation of platelet plug 3)...
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When ice is applied to an injured area, blood clotting occurs. What may be the possible reason behind this?
When tissue is damaged through an injury, it activates fragments in cells such as platelets and proteins in blood plasma to stop the injury from bleeding - forming clots also...
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Which vitamin help in blood clotting?
Decreased concentrations of vitamin K and vitamin K hydroquinone in the tissue , results in inefficient carboxylation reaction catalysed by glutamyl carboxylase . This results in the production of...
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What is hemoglobin, and does it help with blood clotting?
Platelets are the part of blood that is responsible for blood clotting. When we cut ourselves, the blood seeps out, carrying platelets. The platelets stick to the injured area and...
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Why doesn't the blood clot in the blood vessels? Blood contains platelet cells which help in clotting of blood when there is any cut on our body. Why doesn't it clot when blood is present inside the blood vessel in a normal healthy body?
Heparin is an anticoagulant which does not allow the blood to clot in the blood vessels
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How long does it take for blood to multiply? I have low blood levels and right now I am taking iron pills 4 times a day. How quickly will my blood cells multiply? How much do blood cells make?
More than 2,000,000 (2 million) erythrocytes or red blood cells (RBCs) are produced in human adults each second! Erythropoiesis is the process by which new RBCs are produced; evolving...
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What does the liver acinus do? How does it allow the liver to function?
It typically involves segments of two lobules lying between two terminal heptic venules. It is of relevance to the hepatic function because it is oriented around the afferent vascular system.The...
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What affect does the urinary system have on the blood pressure? What affect does the renal system have on the blood pressure?
Renal system has an intrinsic property to maintain a relatively constant renal blood flow. In a broad sense, this property helps to increase overall arterial pressure when blood pressure decreases....
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