11.4 rhesus blood group

Question 1

agglutination

Answer 1

process by which cells or other particles adhere to each other to form clumps

Question 2

antibody

Answer 2

protein produced in response to an antigen

Question 3

antigen

Answer 3

any substance that can trigger an immune response

Question 4

erythroblastosis fetalis

Answer 4

hemolytic disease of the newborn due to Rh incompatibility

Question 5

rhesus factor

Answer 5

antigen on red blood cells of Rh-positive (Rh+) individuals. it was first identified in the blood of a rhesus monkey

Question 6

spherocytosis

Answer 6

presence of spherocytes in blood

Question 7

anticoagulant

Answer 7

substance that prevents clotting

Question 8

coagulant

Answer 8

substance that indices clotting

Question 9

coagulation

Answer 9

the process of blood clotting

Question 10

fibroblast

Answer 10

cells that form collagen fibers

Question 11

hemostasis

Answer 11

controlling or stopping bleeding

Question 12

megakaryocyte

Answer 12

large cell with a nucleus. parts of the cytoplasm break off to form platelets

Question 13

platelet
thrombocyte

Answer 13

cell fragment involved in the clotting process

Question 14

prothrombin

Answer 14

protein formed by the liver and converted to thrombin in the blood-clotting mechanism

Question 15

thrombin

Answer 15

enzyme that forms fibrin

Question 16

thrombocyte

Answer 16

another name for a platelet

Question 17

thrombus

Answer 17

a clot attached to a blood vessel or heart lining

Question 18

thrombosis

Answer 18

formation of a thrombus