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'''Platelets''' are small components in your blood that form a [[scab]], and heal the skin on a cut. They do this by clustering together at the site of a wound and then bursting open and releasing [[cytoskeleton]] [[protein]]s, which form a sticky web that stops blood flow. | '''Platelets''' are small components in your blood that form a [[scab]], and heal the skin on a cut. They do this by clustering together at the site of a wound and then bursting open and releasing [[cytoskeleton]] [[protein]]s, which form a sticky web that stops blood flow. | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:42, March 24, 2016
Platelets are small components in your blood that form a scab, and heal the skin on a cut. They do this by clustering together at the site of a wound and then bursting open and releasing cytoskeleton proteins, which form a sticky web that stops blood flow.