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Haemostasis

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The circulation of blood serves three vital functions — transport, communication and defence. The interdependence and high metabolic activity of tissues requires that this circulation be rapid and in the closed circulatory system high velocity is achieved as a result of high pressure. Such a high pressure system is especially vulnerable to leakage and it is essential that bleeding due to injured blood vessels is arrested rapidly. The process of haemostasis, which is the spontaneous arrest of blood loss from ruptured vessels, ensures that this occurs. Haemostasis is followed by wound healing.

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  1. N. J. Russell
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  2. G. M. Powell
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  3. J. G. Jones
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  4. P. J. Winterburn
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© 1982 N.J. Russell, G.M. Powell, J.G. Jones, P.J. Winterburn and J.M. Basford

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Russell, N.J., Powell, G.M., Jones, J.G., Winterburn, P.J., Basford, J.M. (1982). Haemostasis. In: Blood Biochemistry. Croom Helm Biology in Medicine Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7892-1_9

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