Circulatory System/immune- Blood Types Flashcards
What are the ABO blood types?
A, B, AB, O
What are human blood cells marked with?
Antigen
What are the two antigens in ABO blood types?
A antigens and B antigens
What does blood type A have in terms of antigens and antibodies?
- Has only A antigens
- Anti-B antibodies
What does blood type B have in terms of antigens and antibodies?
- B antigens
- Anti-A antibodies
What does blood type AB have in terms of antigens and antibodies?
- has A and B Antigens
- No antibodies
What does blood type O have in terms of antigens and antibodies?
- No antigens
- Anti-A and anti-B antibodies
In a transfusion, what must the recipient not have and why?
- recipient must not have antibodies for antigens on the donors blood cells
- Otherwise red blood cells will clump and can move to the heart or brain, producing heart attack or stroke
What is agglutination?
Clumping of erythrocytes
What type of antibodies does the body have?
- has antibodies for antigens it does not have
- These antibodies appear several months after birth
Which ABO blood type can accept blood from any donor?
AB blood type because it has no antibodies for A or B
Which blood can type O receive from?
- only except blood from O type donor because it has antibodies for A and B antigens
- has anti-A and anti-B antibodies
Which blood type is the universal donor and which is the universal acceptor?
Universal donor is type O
Universal acceptor is type AB
What is the Rh system?
- Separates blood groups from ABO
What happens when a person is Rh+?
- they have Rh antigen or Rh factor