Krish fell down while playing and his knee got injured. Blood was coming out from the cut. After some time, he noticed that bleeding had stopped and a dark red clot had plugged the cut. Krish was amazed to see this. Name the type of cells responsible for the formation of this clot.

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Solution

The clot is formed because of the presence of a type of cells in the blood, called platelets.

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