Chapter 13, Problem 5bCP

Summary Introduction

To review:

Intrinsic and extrinsic clotting pathways and similarities and differences between the two.

Introduction:

Any kind of injury on the skin results in the breakdown of the endothelium membrane and causes bleeding, which leads to the reduction of blood volume in the body, if not stopped early. There is an inbuilt mechanism in the body that stops the bleeding by a number of physiological reactions, which results in hemostasis (hemo-blood and stasis- standing).