MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Primary hemostasis is when your body forms a temporary plug to seal an injury. To accomplish that, platelets that circulate in your blood stick to the damaged tissue and activate. That activation means they can “recruit” more platelets to form a platelet “plug” to stop blood loss from the damaged area.

Detailed explanation-2: -The process of spreading across the surface of a damaged blood vessel to stop bleeding is called adhesion. This is because when platelets get to the site of the injury, they grow sticky tentacles that help them stick (adhere) to one another.

Detailed explanation-3: -Platelets adhere to the damaged endothelium to form a platelet plug, temporarily sealing the break in the vessel wall.

Detailed explanation-4: -Platelets become sticky and adhere to each other when exposed to: collagen in connective tissues. Which of the following is the correct sequence of clotting proteins?