Less prey means less predatoors
The two plates grab onto each other and lock in place is not a resulting situation of two plates colliding at a convergent boundary. When two plates colliding at a convergent boundary, what happenes is that one of the boundary either goes under or on top of the under, in order to release the energy that the two have stored because of the collision.
The inflammation will not occur with tissue that is dead & has no blood supply. The injury brings a decrease in white blood cells. The Mast Cells play a role in releasing histamine which dilate capillaries and bring about hypermia cause increase blood and swelling and redness to the area