Assertion: platelet | /r/CapableOf | make contact
Facets:
value: with the vessel walls
type: OTHER
value: with the broken blood vessel
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: To make contact with the broken blood vessel, platelets grow long tentacles and then resemble a spider or an octopus.
text: After platelets make contact with the focal point of the vascular injury, they begin to interact with each other to form a platelet aggregate.
text: When blood flows through a vessel, the lightweight platelets are forced to the perimeter of the blood stream, where they surround the other blood cells and make contact with the vessel walls.