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Hemostasis
When a vessel is cut, the body seals it in
three fast steps
— then reinforces the patch with a protein mesh. Step through how bleeding stops.
A vessel is cut
Hemostasis
stopping the bleed
The steps
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📷 Reference image
A real labeled figure to compare with the interactive above.
Hemostasis — OpenStax, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
