Match the substance necessary for clotting with its particular role.
-factor XIII
A)a mixture of lipoproteins released from injured tissue
B)converts prothrombin to thrombin
C)the insoluble protein that forms the network of the clot
D)needed by the liver to produce prothrombin
E)fibrin-stabilizing factor

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Factor XIII is fibrin-stabilizing factor, which is necessary in the final stage of coagulation to cross-link fibrin and stabilize the clot. The other choices are: 
A) tissue thromboplastin (factor III)
B) thrombin (factor IIa)
C) fibrin
D) vitamin K

Match the Substance Necessary for Clotting with Its Particular Role