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fibrin
Red blood cells trapped by fibrin
An insoluble,
fibrous protein
that is essential to
blood clotting
. Developed in the
blood
from a soluble protein,
fibrinogen
, fibrin is laid down at the site of a wound in the form of a mesh, which then dries and hardnes so that the bleeding stops.
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