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== Coagulation == | == Coagulation == | ||
[[File:Coagulation Process.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The process of coagulation]] | [[File:Coagulation Process.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The process of coagulation]] | ||
Coagulation (or blood clotting) is the most complex stage of hemostasis. A blood clotting consists of a plug of platelets enmeshed in a network of insoluble fibrin molecules. Blood clotting requires calcium ions (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) and about a dozen other protein clotting factors.<ref name=Kimball>[http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Clotting.html Blood Clotting] John W. Kimball, Kimball's Biology, January 11th, 2011.</ref>There are three major steps in the coagulation process in involving prothrombinase, thrombin, and fibrin. | Coagulation (or '''blood clotting''') is the most complex stage of hemostasis. A blood clotting consists of a plug of platelets enmeshed in a network of insoluble fibrin molecules. Blood clotting requires calcium ions (Ca<sup>2+</sup>) and about a dozen other protein clotting factors.<ref name=Kimball>[http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/Clotting.html Blood Clotting] John W. Kimball, Kimball's Biology, January 11th, 2011.</ref>There are three major steps in the coagulation process in involving prothrombinase, thrombin, and fibrin. | ||
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[[Image:Blood_coagulation.png|thumb|250px|Biochemical blood coagulation cascade.]] | [[Image:Blood_coagulation.png|thumb|250px|Biochemical blood coagulation cascade.]] | ||
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