FINAL: Blood Typing Flashcards
What determines blood type
Antigens on RBCs
What is the difference between AB, A, B and O blood
AB: contains antigen A and B
A: contains antigen A
B: contains antigen B
O: contains neither antigen
What does plasma contain that makes it so that you can only receive your own blood type
Contains antibodies for the antigen absent on RBC
AB makes no antibodies
O makes anti-A and anti-B antibodies
What are antibodies
Proteins that detect foreign particles and eliminate them
Why do we want to avoid agglutination in the blood and how does it occur
Antigens and matching antibodies can bind together and clump
Can be life-threatening
Blood testing (type and cross) to avoid
What is the Rhesus factor
Rhesus antigens on RBC: presence (+) and absence (-)
Are there antibodies for Rhesus factor
Rhesus negative blood carries antibodies for Rhesus factor, only if it is exposed to Rh first
Blood Group AB has which antigens present?
A. A
B. B
C. A and B
D. None
C. A and B
Anti-B antibodies are found in which of the following blood groups?
A. B
B. AB
C. O
D. All of the above
C. O
Paul, who has blood type O, could receive what blood types?
A. A
B. B
C. AB
D. O
E. All of the above
D. O
A patient with B+ blood could receive blood from which blood type?
A. A-
B. B-
C. AB+
D. AB-
B. B-
Blood typing tests yielded the following results. Which blood type are you looking at?
A. A-
B. AB-
C. AB+
D. O-
E. O+
A. A-
What is the difference between antigens and antibodies
Antigens generate antibodies
What is the process of agglutination (clumping)? What two types of molecules are interacting?
Antibodies and antigens connecting and clumping together to prevent movement
What antigens and antibodies are present in blood type A+
Antigens: A, Rh
Antibodies: anti-b
Which blood type is this?
O+
