THE BLOOD CLOTTING PROCESS

Blood clotting is a natural process

THE COMPONENTS
that takes place when our muscles are
wounded. Our body is made up of tiny AND FUCTIONS OF
cells that have different functions and
react differently to situations which
eventually help us.

- Platelets disintegrate when they come SUBMITTED BY:

into contact with air from open wounds.
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THE BLOOD
-The disintegration causes of
thromboplastinogen to thromboplastin, TO BE SUBMITTED TO:
an active chemical substance (enzyme).
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-Thromboplastin and calcium ions
catalyze the conversion of prothrombin
to thrombin.
This simple brochure
-Thrombin catalyzes the change of contains basic information about
fibrinogen, a soluble blood protein into our blood, its function and a few
its insoluble form, fibrin threads.
facts about it.
-Fibrin threads form a network over the
injured are and seals it to prevent further
loss until a mass of tissue forms. This
tissue is the clot.

-After a while, the clot shrinks in size and

a straw colored fluid called serum exudes
out.
• ERYTHROCYTES
Commonly known as Res
Blood Cells. It contains hemoglobin,
an iron-containing molecule
responsible for the red pigmentation
and can bind with oxygen. It is
biconcave un shape, elastic and
anucleated.
• LEUKOCYTES
Commonly known as white
blood cells (WBC). Only formed
element with a nucleus. It is also
known as the soldier cells of the body
since it is one of the first few cells that
try to eliminate infections by trapping
them near the wound.
• THROMBOCYTES
Also known as platelets. They
aren’t true cells, in fact they are just
fragments of cells. They are irregularly
shaped and help in the blood clotting
process.
BLOOD
It is a medium of circulation. It is
composed by both liquid
(plasma) and solid (corpuscles).
The types of blood cells are
suspended in plasma.
• PLASMA
Take nutrients, proteins and
hormones to the part of the
body that need it. It also carries
away wastes to be processed by
the liver and kidney.
-proteins dissolved in the plasma
o Gamma gobulin
o Albumin
o Pathrombin
o Fribinogen
Facts about our blood:
-It makes up 7% of the weight of
a human body.
-Blood plasma is 90% water,
then containing other blood
proteins.
-An average adult has about 1.2-
1.5 gallons or 4.5-5.5 liters of
blood circulating in their body.
-Blood is bright red if it is
healthy; it only appears darker
and bluish when it is poor in
oxygen.
-It is the main method of
distributing nutrients in our
body and is pumped out by the
heart after being oxygenated .