Hemostasis

The three step process that stops blood flowing from a cut is called _________

• hemostasis
• homeostasis
• coagulation
• agglutination

Cell fragments that form from the rupture of a megakaryocyte are called ______

• platelets
• erythrocytes
• leukocytes
• plasma

a blood clot

• embolus
• thrombus
• hematocrit
• thrombocyte

The ions responsible for the process of blood clot

• Ca ions
• K ions
• Fe ions
• Mg ions

The mesh network is formed of

• thrombin
• prothrombin
• fibrin
• fibrinogen

The three steps of hemostasis are:
1. vascular spasm
2. ___________
3. coagulation

• platelet plug formation
• agglutination
• dilation
  
• erythropoieten formation

The scientific name of a platelet.

• leukocyte
• hemocyte
• erythrocyte
• thrombocyte

 Vasoconstriction

• the wound is “corked”, or covered with sticky platelets
• blood vessels constrict (or “shrink”) to slow blood flow at the site of injury
• Formation of a Fibrin Blood Clot

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NGSS.HS-LS1-3

An embolism is the formation of a blood clot in a blood vessel...True or False?

• True

• False

A __________ is when air, a clump of bacteria, a blood clot or fat breaks free and travels through the bloodstream.

• thrombus

• metastasis

• embolism

• hematoma