State whether the following are True or False.
(e) Fibrinogen is an insoluble protein.

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Solution

False.

Fibrinogen is a soluble blood protein needed for blood clotting.

It gets converted into insoluble fibrin by the reaction with thrombin in presence of calcium.

Fibrin then traps the RBCs and helps in the formation of a clot.

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