Blood Clots<span>. </span>Blood clotting<span>, or </span>coagulation<span>, is an </span>important<span> process that prevents excessive bleeding when a </span>blood<span> vessel is injured. Platelets (a type of </span>blood<span> cell) and proteins in your plasma (the liquid part of </span>blood<span>) work together to stop the bleeding by forming a </span>clot<span> over the injury.</span>
