Blood + blood clotting

Question 1

What are the formed elements?

Answer 1

leukocytes (WBCs), erythrocytes (RBCs), and platelets

Question 2

Centrifuged blood separates into?

Answer 2

plasma on top, buffy coat in middle (leukocytes + platelets), erythrocytes (called hematocrit in this context) on bottom

Question 3

What are platelets composed of?

Answer 3

mostly water, then proteins (albumins, globulins, fibrinogen), wastes, nutrients, hormones, gases

Question 4

What vitamin is necessary for coagulation?

Answer 4

Vitamin K

Question 5

What is clotting factor 10?

Answer 5

prothrombin converts to thrombin, which turns fibrinogen into fibrin polymers

Question 6

What is clotting factor 8?

Answer 6

Turns fibrin polymers into fibrin monomers

Question 7

What is a thrombosis?

Answer 7

a clot in a blood vessel that’s connected to a vital organ

Question 8

What is infarction?

Answer 8

the death of tissue caused by a thrombosis

Question 9

what is an embolism?

Answer 9

a thrombosis that breaks off and travels