Find this and other great images in the Technology Networks new The Spectacular World of Cardiovascular Imaging Flipbook. Image of the Week – April 1, 2019
CIL:39057 - http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/images/39057
Description: This is a colorized scanning electron micrograph showing a blood clot. Once platelets arrive at the site of injury and form a plug, they activate clotting factors. Fibrin is the most important clotting factor crosslinking with itself to form a mesh (shown in this image as a string-like mesh). A blood clot is also known as a thrombus and if this occurs when it is not required there can be serious consequences, such as a stroke or a heart attack.
Authors: Kevin MacKenzie
Licensing: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 UK)
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