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1. The teacher introduced the topic of blood clotting factors and defined clotting factors as any factors in the blood whose actions are essential for blood coagulation. 2. The teacher then listed the names of the 13 clotting factors and their sources. 3. The mechanism of blood clotting was explained as involving vascular spasm, platelet plug formation, and the coagulation cascade through prothrombinase formation, prothrombin conversion to thrombin, and fibrinogen conversion to fibrin by thrombin.
- Author
- Rebecca Jolie
- Language
- EN