MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Platelets are tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding. If one of your blood vessels gets damaged, it sends out signals to the platelets. The platelets then rush to the site of damage and form a plug (clot) to fix the damage.

Detailed explanation-2: -What do platelets do? 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-3: -When your skin is cut, scraped, or punctured, you usually start to bleed. Within minutes or even seconds, blood cells start to clump together and clot, protecting the wound and preventing further blood loss. These clots, which turn into scabs as they dry, are created by a type of blood cell called a platelet.

Detailed explanation-4: -The platelets change shape and become stickier. This allows them to attach to the vessel wall and clump together into a plug. The blood clot forms. Clotting factors in your blood are normally turned off so that you do not form abnormal blood clots.

Detailed explanation-5: -Blood contains tiny fragments of cells called platelets. These platelets are involved in blood clotting and scab forming.