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Electron micrograph of blood clot

SEM of blood clot at edge of graft

Electron micrograph of blood clot,high power

Blood clot forming over a wound

SEM of blood clot + one white corpuscle

Blood clot with crenated red cells

Platelets and red blood cells

Fibrin blood clot

SEM of blood corpuscles in clot.

Scanning electron microscope image of blood clot, showing new cells under fibrin clot. Fibrin also called Factor 1a acts as a mesh and forms blood clots (with platelets) to trap blood cells and prevent further loss of blood as the wound heals.

Scanning electron micrograph of red blood corpuscles and a single white blood cell entangled in the fibrin mesh of a clot, computer-coloured red/yellow.

Scanning electron micrograph of red blood corpuscles, very close up, computer-coloured red.

SEM of red blood corpuscles, close-up

Scanning electron microscope image of blood clot at edge of graft.

Scanning electron micrograph of red blood corpuscles and at least one white blood cell entangled in the fibrin mesh of a clot, computer-coloured mauve.

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Clot

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Fibrin blood clot

SEM of blood corpuscles in clot.

SEM of red blood corpuscles, close-up

SEM of blood clot at edge of graft

SEM of blood corpuscles in clot.

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Clot

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Fibrin blood clot

SEM of blood corpuscles in clot.

SEM of red blood corpuscles, close-up

SEM of blood clot at edge of graft

SEM of blood corpuscles in clot.

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