Translations:Gerinnungssystem/15/en

To do this, they are activated by wall collagen fibers that extend into the area of injury. Activation means that they grow larger, that extensions develop from their wall, and that they attach themselves to the collagen fibers by means of a kind of glue. In doing so, they in turn activate other nearby platelets and thus develop a platelet plug, the so-called primary thrombus.