Blood types

Question 1

Discovery of Blood Typing

Answer 1

• First to discover blood types (1900), Dr. Karl Landsteiner
• Observed blood transfusions: the transfer of blood from one to another.
• Noticed that the blood of the donor would clump/clot with that of the patient (Agglutination)

Question 2

The four blood types

Answer 2

A, B, AB, O

Question 3

What causes different blood types?

Answer 3

The difference in blood types is caused by different proteins found on the surface of the red blood cells known as Antigen A and Antigen B.

Question 4

Antigen

Answer 4

substance that can trigger the production of antibodies

Question 5

Antibodies

Answer 5

proteins produced by the immune system that destroy foreign substances (such as antigens)

Question 6

Rh Factor in Blood

Answer 6

• The Rh factor is another protein factor on the Red Blood Cells
• The term Rh comes from the type of monkeys used to test for this factor originally, Rhesus Monkeys

Question 7

hydrops fetalis

Answer 7

occurs when the baby’s organs are unable to handle the anemia. The baby’s heart begins to fail and large amounts of fluid build up in the fetal tissues and organs. A fetus with hydrops fetalis is at great risk of being stillborn.

Question 8

hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) or erythroblastosis fetalis

Answer 8

the red blood cell destruction