Blood Groups / Blood Types Flashcards
To study for the quiz on 3/18/25
What kind of dominance is between A and B?
Codominance
Name the 4 main blood types
A
B
AB
O
Which blood type is a recessive trait?
O
Proteins on the outside of Red blood cells that identify said cells
Antigens
Antigen A makes your blood _____ type
A
B antigen makes your blood _____ type
B
A and B antigens make your blood ______ type
AB
No antigens make your blood ______ type
O
What does determines positive or negative blood type?
Presence or absence of Rh factor
What are Rh named after?
Rhesus monkeys
What does I stand for in representing the genotype of blood types?
Immunoglobulin
Genotypes for A type
IᴬIᴬ or Iᴬi
Genotypes for B type
IᴮIᴮ or Iᴮi
Genotype for AB type
IᴬIᴮ
Genotype for O type
ii
Which type is the universal Recipient?
AB
Which type is the universal donor?
O
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
When a fetus dies in utero because the fetus has positive blood type and the mother has negative blood type
Agglutination
blood cells stick together due to 2 wrong blood types being mixed
Does a fetus with a positive Rh factor die if it is the first child of a mother with negative Rh factor? Why or why not?
No, because the mother doesn’t have the antibodies against the Rh factor ready to attack
Which kinds of blood types will the children of a heterozygous A blood type parent and heterozygous B blood type parent definitely not be?
None; all types are possible
Which kinds of blood types will the children of a homozygous A type parent and heterozygous B type parent defintely not be?
B and O
