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ELI5: when you get a cut internally, for example from an operation, what happens to it? Does it scab up like on your skin or does something else happen?
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Surgeon here. The same process that happens on the outside happens on the inside: Platelets and proteins in the blood cause clots which help to "seal' the area, and other cells come in over time to heal the wound. It doesn't take the same form as scabs due to the environment (basically it's wet), and the body breaks it down and absorbs it over time. The body also often forms adhesions (bands of tissue sticking nearby structures to each other)