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What are twelve blood clotting factors?

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Answer: The twelve blood clotting factors include –

  1. The factor 1 is fibrinogen
  2. Factor 2 is prothrombin
  3. Factor 3 is tissue thromboplastin 
  4. Factor 4 is ionised calcium 
  5. Factor 5 is proaccelerin or labile factor
  6. Factor 6 is unassigned 
  7. Factor 7 is proconvertin or stable factor
  8. Factor 8 is the antihemophilic factor
  9. Factor 9 is a plasma thromboplastin component
  10. Factor 10 is the Stuart-Prower factor
  11. Factor 11 is plasma thromboplastin antecedent 
  12. Factor 12 is the fibrin-stabilising factor