B0006127 Blood clot forming over a wound
Credit: David Gregory&Debbie Marshall. Wellcome Images
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Colour-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of a blood clot, with squamous tissue visible beneath. As a blood clot on a surface injury dries out it forms a protective scab over the wound allowing new skin to grow underneath.
Scanning electron micrograph
2005 Published: –
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