Wound healing refers to a living organism's replacement of destroyed or damaged tissue by newly produced tissue.
Deep wound on shin with stitches healing over five weeks
A fluorescence micrograph of cells in Drosophila larvae healing after a puncture wound. The arrow points to cells that have fused to form syncytia, and the arrowheads point to cells that are oriented to face the wound.
A scab covering a healing wound
Image: Hand Abrasion 32 minutes after injury
In biology, hemostasis or haemostasis is a process to prevent and stop bleeding, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel. It is the first stage of wound healing. Hemostasis involves three major steps:vasoconstriction
temporary blockage of a hole in a damaged blood vessel by a platelet plug
blood coagulation
Aggregation of thrombocytes (platelets). Platelet-rich human blood plasma (left vial) is a turbid liquid. Upon addition of ADP, platelets are activated and start to aggregate, forming white flakes (right vial)