BLOOD CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM LYMPHOID ORGANS
BLOOD
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Question
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What is the function (job) of the platelets?
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To form clots (i.e. scabs) when you have cuts and grazes.
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To transport oxygen to the muscles
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To carry dissolved sugars.
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To produce antibodies
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Your platelets function to stop bleeding. During an injury, your platelets will cluster together at the site of the wound to act as a plug, sealing blood vessels in a process called clotting to prevent excess blood from leaving your body.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main function of platelets, the maintenance of hemostasis, depends on three of their properties, the endothelial supporting function of platelets, the ability to form hemostatic plugs and to release lipoprotein material (platelet factor 3).
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