Blood Groups Flashcards
Antibodies are secreted by what?
Lymphocytes
Who invented ABO grouping?
Karl Landsteiner and his co-worker in 1901
What is the basis of ABO grouping?
Presence or absence of 2 surface antigens A and B
Die to crossmatch of blood groups, clumping of RBC is called what?
Agglutination
Rupture of RBCs is called?
Hemolysis
Which blood group individual s are called Universal donors? Why according to ABO grouping?
O group.
both A and B antigens are absent.
Rh stands for what?
Rhesus monkey in which antigens were first discovered
Rh grouping was discovered by whom?
Landsteiner and Weiner
In case of erythroblastosis foetalis, what is the blood group of mother and child
Mother-Rh (-ve)
Children-Rh (+ve)
Another name of erythroblastosis foetalis?
HDN- Haemolytic disease of newly born
How erythroblastosis foetalis can be prevented?
By injecting Rh(-ve) mother with anti-Rh antibodies immediately after birth of first child
What is clot or coagulam?
A network of threads called fibrins in which dead and damaged formed elements are trapped
