Tromboplastinogen And Potential Change In Blood Coagulation?

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Coagulation results from the chemical and physical change in the blood. Three blood proteins known as thromboplastinogen, prothrombin, and fibrinogen and calcium ions help in blood coagulation. First, thromboplastinogen is changed into thromboplastin in the presence of an enzyme released by injured or dead cells and destroyed blood platelets. Then prothrombin is moved into thrombin in the presence of thromboplastin. Next, fibrinogen is transformed into fibrin in the presence of thrombin (Rabago,Joaquin, & Lagunzad,2010). Fibrin, a network of tiny threads that trap blood cell, separates into colorless threads that are sticky when newly formed. These threads interlace and form a soft network in which in the RBC and plasma get entangles. Also,

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