Blood Flashcards
What are the two pathways of clotting coagulation
Extrinsic pathway
Intrinsic pathway
Describe the intrinsic pathway
Triggered by internal damage to the vessel walls
Describe the extrinsic pathway
Triggered by external trauma which causes blood to escape circulation
Describe the intrinsic pathway of the clotting cascade
12 - 12a
11 - 11a
9 - 9a
How is 12 activated
Comes into contact with negatively charged collagen on the damaged endothelium
Describe the extrinsic pathway
3 activated 7 - 7a
How is 3 involved
released by damaged cells outside the circulation
What activates 10
10
7 and 9
What is the common pathway
Activation of 10 and everything after
Describe the clotting pathway
10 - 10 a
Activated 2 - 2a
1 - 1a
What is the name of 2
Prothrombin
What is the name of 2a
Thrombin
What is the name of 1
Fibrinogen
What is the name of 1a
Fibrin
How are cross linked fibrin clot formed
Fibrin and 13
How do you remember the clotting cascade
Extrinsic pathway 3 + 7
Intrinsic pathway 12 + 11 + 9 + 8
10
Clotting pathway 5 x 2 x 1 = 10
What antibodies in plasma does A group have
Anti-B
What antibodies in plasma does B group have
Anti-A
What antibodies in plasma does AB group have
None
What antibodies in plasma does O group have
Anti-A
Anti-B
What antigens in red blood cells does A group have
A
What antigens in red blood cells does B group have
B
What antigens in red blood cells does AB group have
A and B
What antigens in red blood cells does O group have
None
Does Rh+ have an antigen
Yes - Rh D
Does Rh- have an antigen
No
What can Rh+ receive blood from
Rh+
Rh-
What can Rh- receive blood from
Rh-
What is significant about Rh-
Anti-D antibody is usually absent until they are exposed
Cannot be given transfusions as Rh+ can cause Rh- to develop antigens
What are universal donors
O-
Why are O- universal donors
RBCs have no A, B or RhD antigens
What are universal recipients
AB+
Plasma does not contain anti-B, A or Rh-D
Describe platelets
Not true cells - cellular fragments
Do not contain a nucleus - do not have mitochondria
7-10 days lifespan
What do platelets originate from
Megakaryocytes