Theory 19/Wound healing/Onset phase
Haemostasis Is a Rate Race
The claim
Clot formation succeeds when the rate of fibrin polymerisation exceeds the rate of flow removal, so the same injury clots or does not depending on shear.
01Mechanism
Polymer must build before flow disperses it; the ratio determines the outcome.
02Prediction
Clotting should track the rate ratio.
03Refutation
Clotting tracking injury size would remove shear.