Explain what thrombolysis accomplishes

What will be an ideal response?


After the wound has healed, the blood clot is no longer necessary. The clot dissolves in a process known as thrombolysis. Thrombolysis begins with fibrinolysis, the removal of the fibrin glue that was produced in the coagulation cascade.

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With an increase in skeletal muscle activity and an increase in body temperature, you would expect to see __________.

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Bones of the skeleton are connected at junctions called ________

A) associations B) appendiculars C) axials D) articulations

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An exaggerated curvature of this region of the vertebral column causes lordosis

A) thoracic B) cervical C) sacral D) lumbar

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