To avoid blood loss, when the walls of a blood vessel are broken, platelets become sticky and release substances to form protein fibers in the blood plasma, trapping red blood cells and resulting in a clot that plugs the wound to stop bleeding.
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1. How to avoid blood loss
1. When the walls of a blood vessel are broken, bleeding occurs.
2. The platelets become sticky and release substances which form protein fibres in
the blood plasma.
3. These fibres form a net which traps the red blood cells, resulting in a clot that
plugs the wound.