A patient presents with a minor cut that has stopped bleeding after a few minutes. The nurse explains to the patient that this process is known as hemostasis. Which of the following correctly describes the sequence of events in normal clotting mechanisms?
Activation of the clotting cascade, vascular injury, vasoconstriction, subendothelial exposure, adhesion, blood clot formation, clot retraction and dissolution
Vascular injury, adhesion, vasoconstriction, subendothelial exposure, activation of the clotting cascade, blood clot formation, clot retraction and dissolution
Adhesion, activation of the clotting cascade, vascular injury, blood clot formation, clot retraction and dissolution
Vascular injury, vasoconstriction, subendothelial exposure, adhesion, activation of the clotting cascade, blood clot formation, clot retraction and dissolution
