MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Another name for platelets is thrombocytes. Healthcare providers usually call a clot a thrombus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Platelets, or thrombocytes, are small, colorless cell fragments in our blood that form clots and stop or prevent bleeding.

Detailed explanation-3: -Platelets or thrombocytes (from Greek , “clot” and , “cell") are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby initiating a blood clot.

Detailed explanation-4: -Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are blood cells. They form in your bone marrow, a sponge-like tissue in your bones. Platelets play a major role in blood clotting. Normally, when one of your blood vessels is injured, you start to bleed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thrombocytosis (throm-boe-sie-TOE-sis) is a disorder in which your body produces too many platelets. It’s called reactive thrombocytosis or secondary thrombocytosis when the cause is an underlying condition, such as an infection.