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What is the first step of hemostasis?

AVascular sealing
BVascular seeding
CVascular sorting
DVascular spasm
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Vascular spasm
1. The vessel reacts before any plug forms. 2. It narrows to limit the loss. 3. The three steps are vascular spasm, formation of a platelet plug, and coagulation. 4. So the answer is vascular spasm. _Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 18 'Blood'_
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