Hemostasis

The process which spontaneously arrests the flow of BLOOD from vessels carrying blood under pressure. It is accomplished by contraction of the vessels, adhesion and aggregation of formed blood elements (eg. ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION), and the process of BLOOD COAGULATION.

Year introduced: was in Cat E only 1963-1975

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Tree Number(s): G09.188.390

MeSH Unique ID: D006487

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• Hemostases

All MeSH Categories
Phenomena and Processes Category
Circulatory and Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
Blood Physiological Phenomena
Hemostasis
Blood Coagulation
Fibrinolysis
Platelet Activation
Clot Retraction
Platelet Adhesiveness
Platelet Aggregation