Explain how platelets help the blood to clot?

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If the system of tubes or blood vessels develop a leak, the loss of blood from the system has to be minimized, for this, at the site of injury, the platelets disintegrate to release a chemical substance, thrombokinase which initiates the process of blood clotting.

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