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1.3 Blood Clotting
1.3 Blood Clotting
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Made by:
Balqis Hafni, Bazilah Balqis, Anis
Farzana, Nik Harisha, Maryam Fuad,
Iman Arlisya
(Pinocchio)
NECESSITY OF BLOOD
CLOTTING
Prevent excessive blood loss from the
body when there is a damage of the
blood vessel.
Maintain the blood pressure.
Prevent the entry of microorganism and
foreign particles into the body.
Thrombin
Fibrin
Release of
thrombokinase
Thrombokina
se
Calcium ions
Prothrombin
Fibrinogen
CONSEQUENCES OF AN IMPAIRED
BLOOD CLOTTING MECHANISM
PROBLEMS RELATED TO BLOOD CLOTTING
INCLUDEHAEMOPHILIA AND THROMBOSIS
HAEMOPHILIA
Haemophilia is a heritance disease due to the lack of certain
gene for the production of certain factors. This is an impaired
clotting mechanism which causes serious
bleedingparticularlyin the joints. The afflicted person may die
as the result of excessive bleeding from even minor cuts and
bruises because blood clotting cannot take place.
CONSEQUENCES OF AN
IMPAIRED BLOOD CLOTTING
MECHANISM
THROMBOSIS
o Sometimes a local blood clot(thrombus) is formed on the
damaged rough inner wall of the artery.
o This may cause blockage of the artery known as
thrombosis.
o Embolus formed when the thrombus dislodges and is
carried away by blood circulation.
o It may trapped in a small artery where it blocked the blood
flow, this condition called embolism.
o The blocked coronary artery cuts off the supply of oxygen
and nutrients to the heart muscles, hence causes
theHEART ATTACK