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Author: Kelly A. Young, James A. Wise, Peter DeSaix, Dean H. Kruse, Brandon Poe, Eddie Johnson, Jody E. Johnson, Oksana Korol, J. Gordon Betts, Mark Womble

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The first step in hemostasis is ________.

vascular spasm
conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin
activation of the intrinsic pathway
activation of the common pathway

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