Coagulation Part 1 Flashcards
Plasma transports at least 16 procoagulant, also called
Coagulation factors
coagulation factors (synthesized in the
Liver
How many zymogens
Eight
the International Committee for the Standardization of the Nomenclature of the Blood Clotting Factors o cially named the plasma procoagulants using Roman numerals in the order of
their initial description or discovery
Is the primary substrate of thrombin
Fibrinogen
Is the primary enzyme of the coagulation system
Fibrinogen
Is essential for platelet aggregation
Fibrinogen
Normal plasma conc.: fibrinogen
200-400 mg/dL
Is the most concentrated of all the plasma
procoagulants
Fibrinogen
Is an acute phase reactant protein
Fibrinogen
a mirror-image dimer
Fibrinogen Molecule
six N-terminals assemble to form a bulky
central region
E domain
three carboxyl terminals on each
outer end of the molecule
Two D domain
Activated form: of Prothrombin
Thrombin
Is the main enzyme of the coagulation pathway with multiple key activities.
Prothrombin