![]() Platelets receive that signal and travel to the area and transform into their “active” formation, growing long tentacles to make contact with the vessel and form clusters to plug the wound until it heals. Wherever a wound occurs, the blood vessel will send out a signal. Platelets are the smallest of our blood cells and literally look like small plates in their non-active form. Platelets are an amazing part of your blood. They have a lifecycle of about 120 days in the body. ![]() They are generated from your bone marrow at a rate of four to five billion per hour. Red blood cells represent 40%-45% of your blood volume. There are four basic components that comprise human blood: plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Generous blood donors are the only source of blood for patients in need of a blood transfusion. It also transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. ![]() Blood circulates through our body and delivers essential substances like oxygen and nutrients to the body’s cells. ![]()
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