Exam 1 Flashcards
What is the #1 cause of death
CVD aka Cardiovascular disease
What is the major underlying cause of CVD
Ischemia due to atherosclerosis
What is atherosclerosis
Plaquing
What is linked to high blood cholesterol
Atherogenesis
Leukocyte recruitment and expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines characterize what
Early atherogenesis
What promotes thrombosis
Inflammatory pathways
What is Thrombosis is responsible for
MI and most strokes
What can the nervous system modulate
Inflammation
What is Hemostasis
Prevention of blood loss
What are the Mechanisms of Hemostasis
Vascular Spasm, Form platelet plug, blood coagulation, and fibrous tissue growth to seal
What is vascular constriction associated with
Trauma
How do neural reflexes work in Hemostasis
SNS induced constriction from pain
What is responsible for most of the constriction in hemostasis
Local myogenic spasm
What is especially important in smaller vessels, and includes thromboxane A2 from platelets
Local Humoral factors
What is the degree of spasm related to
Severity of the trauma
What function as whole cells, but cannot divide
Platelets
What do platelets contain
Contractile proteins, enzymes, calcium, ADP and ATP, Thromboxane A2, serotonin, growth factors
What is the platelet cell membrane made of that makes it special
Glycoproteins that avoid the normal endothelium, but adhere to damaged area
What do the phospholipids of a platelet cell membrane contain
Platelet factor 3
What initiates clotting
Thromboplastin
When platelets contact a damaged area they:
Select all that apply:
1) Swell
2) irregular form w/ irradiating processes protruding from surface
3) contractile proteins contract causing granule release
4) Secrete ADP, Thromboxane A2 & Serotonin
1,2,3,4
What is a Vasoconstrictor and Potentiates the release of granule contents
Thromboxane A2
What are these characteristics of 150,000-300,000; important in minute ruptures; half-life of 8-12 days
Platelets
What prevents platelet aggregation, produces PGI2 (prostacyclin) and Factor VIII
Endothelium
What is factor VIII responsible for
Clotting
What is a Vasodilator, Stim platelet adenyl cyclase supressing the release of granules, and limits platelet extension
PGI2 (Prostacyclin)
What do Aspirin and Ibuprofen block
Fatty Acid Cyclooxygenase
What 2 things do Aspirin and Ibuprofen block production of by blocking fatty acid cyclooxygenase
Thromboxane A2 and Prostacyclin
What does FA cyclooxygenase convert ARA to
PGG2 and PGH2
What do anticoagulants do
Prevent clots from forming
What are the 3 types of anticoagulants
Chelators, Heparin, and Dicumarol
Which anticoagulant has complexes with Antithrobin III
Heparin
Which anticoagulant tye up calcium (citrate, oxylate)
Chelators
Which anticoagulant involves inhibition of Vit. K dependent factors
Dicumarol
What synthesizes factors II, VII, IX, X
Hepatocytes
Cumadin and Warfarin are what kind of anticoagulant
Dicumarol
What is the Lysis of clots used for
Dissolves colts that have already formed
What is required for the lysis of clots
Plasmin (from plasminogen)
What is plasminogen
Inactive form of plasmin
Where are endogenous activators of plasminogen found
Tissues, plasma, urine
What are Exogenous activators of plasminogen
Steptokinase and tPA (tissue plasminogen activator) 3 hour window for MI and stroke
When does most damage with reperfusion injury occur
Upon reperfusion
What specifically does the damage with reperfusion injuries
Formation of highly ROS w/ unpaired e- (free radicals)
What is the ability to open up alternate routes of blood flow to compensate for a blocked vessel
Collateralization
What may the SNS do in collateralization
Impede via vasoconstriction, or augment via release of neuropeptide Y (NPY)
What is a Thrombosis
Blood coagulation
What is the extrinsic mechanism of Thrombosis formation
Chemical factors released by damaged tissues
What is the intrinsic mechanism of Thrombosis formation
Requires only components in blood and trauma to blood or exposure to collagen
What 5 Clotting factors are synthesized in the liver
I, II, VII, IX, and X
How does Coumarin (warfarin or cumadin) depress liver formation of II, VII, IX, X
Blocking action of Vit. K
Name the Condition: Sex linked on X chromosome almost exclusively males 85% defect in factor VIII 15% defect in factor IX Can range severe-mild
Hemophilia
What is the key step in clotting
Conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin which requires thrombin
What is an autoimmune disorder where the body makes antibodies against phospholipids in cell membranes causing abnormal clots to form
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Increasing age, Male gender, Heredity (including race), Tobacco Smoke, High blood cholesterol, High blood pressure, Physical inactivity, Obesity/overweight, Diabetes Mellitus, High blood, homocysteine, are all Risk factors for what
Heart Disease
What AA in the blood may irritate blood vessels, promoting atherosclerosis
Homocysteine
What can cause cholesterol to become oxidized LDL
Homocysteine
T/F: Homocysteine is more likely to make blood clot
True
What can high levels of Homocysteine be reduced by
Increased intake of Folic Acid, B6 and B12
What antigen sets on RBCs are most likely to cause transfusion rxns if they are mismatched
A, B, O and the Rh factor
What are A and B antigens on RBCs known as
Agglutinogens
Why are A and B antigens known as Agglutinogens
When they are on RBCs, they cause most blood transfusion rxns
What is significant about the O antigen on a RBC
It is essentially functionless
Genetic locus has three alleles, IA, IB, IO that can combine into how many combinations
6
What determines if a person has one, none, or both surface antigens
Inheritance
When are Agglutinins produced
They arise spontaneously after birth (2-8 months)
What are Agglutinins
Soluble antibodies on RBCs
When are Agglutinins not produced
When the corresponding Agglutinogens are present on the RBC
When do antibodies peak, then decline for the rest of a persons life
Age 10
How common iss immediate hemolysis occur in mismatched transfusion
Uncommon/Less common
How common is delayed hemolysis in mismatched transfusions
Common/More common
Which antibody is primarily responsible for the lysis of RBCs
IgM
What is the most lethal effect of a mismatched transfusion reaction
Kidney failure
What blood type is the universal donor
O
What is the universal recipient
AB
Why does kidney failure occur in mismatched transfusion rxns
Toxic substances are released from the hemolysed RBCs