title: The biochemistry of coagulation.
abstract: This article describes the hemostatic process following vascular injury, which involves an integrated response of the blood vessel wall, blood platelets, and plasma blood clotting factors, and the way in which these processes relate to one another. A number of diagrams are presented that diagram the component processes.
mesh_terms: D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology*; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000293:injuries; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005165:Factor V / Q000502:physiology; D005170:Factor X / Q000502:physiology; D015951:Factor Xa; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007704:Kininogens / Q000502:physiology; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D011288:Prekallikrein / Q000502:physiology; D017293:Protein S; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007704:Kininogens; D017293:Protein S; C022475:prothrombinase complex; D014812:Vitamin K; D005165:Factor V; D005170:Factor X; D011288:Prekallikrein; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D015951:Factor Xa; D002118:Calcium