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L6 Blood Flashcards

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What are the Embryonic Connective Tissue ?

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Mesenchyme and Mucous CT

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Adult Connective Tissue Proper:

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  • Loose CT, Dense Irregular CT, and Dense Regular CT
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Specialized Connective Tissue

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  • Cartilage, Bone, Adipose Tissue, Blood, Hematopoietic Tissue, and Lymphatic Tissue
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Blood

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is a fluid specialized connective tissue which consists of cells and an extracellular components

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What are the permanent residents ?

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  • Fibroblasts, Macrophages, Adipose cells, Mast cells ,and Mesenchymal Stem Cells
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What are the transient cells that migrate from the blood specialized CT ?

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  • Lymphocytes. Plasma cells, Neutrophils, Eosinophils, Basophils, and Monocytes
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Blood consists of ?

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red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets and protein-rich plasma

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What are the major proteins in the plasma ?

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  • albumin, globulins ( non-immune and immunoglobulins), and Fibrinogen
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What happens when blood is removed from the circulatory system without addition of anticoagulants ?

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It will separate into blood clot and serum

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Blood Clot

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contains formed elements such as fibrin network ( an insoluble protein) with trapped cells

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Serum

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is plasma that lacks coagulation factors such as fibrinogen ( soluble protein)

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Albumin

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maintains pressure on the blood vessel wall

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“Colloid Osmotic Pressure”

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which assures the correct proportion of blood to tissue fluid volume

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What happens to the colloid osmotic pressure when albumin leaks out of the blood vessels into the LCT ?

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  • Decreases and Fluid Accumulates into the tissues
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Basic Dyes

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  • nuclei, granules of basophils, and cytoplasmic RNA
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Acid Dyes

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  • erythrocytes and granules of eosinophils
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Erythrocytes Morphology

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are very elastic and deformable and can pass through the smallest blood vessels and narrowest capillaries

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What do the erythrocytes contain?

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  • contain hemoglobin
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How long do the erythrocytes circulate in the blood for ?

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120 days

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What does the erythrocytes transport ?

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Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide between the lungs and other tissues

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What is unique about the disk shape in the erythrocytes ?

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  • facilitates the gas exchange

- allows more hemoglobin molecules to be close to the plasma membrane

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What is the most prevalent hemoglobin group type in adults ?

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  • 2 alpha and 2 bets chains
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What is the main type in the fetus ?

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  • 2 alpha and 2 gamma
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What causes Sickle Cell Disease?

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  • single point mutation in the gene that encodes beta-globin chain of hemoglobin A (HbA)
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Why may the sickle cells lead to obstruction in the vessels ?

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  • adhere more readily to endothelial surface
  • pile in the capillaries
  • deprive some parts of the tissues from oxygen and nutrients
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26
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What is a consequence of sickle cell anemia ?

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stroke

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Spectrin

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actin-cross-linking proteins , that cross link actin filaments with each other

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Erythrocytes Membrane Organization

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consists of peripheral membrane proteins and integral membrane proteins

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Peripheral Membrane Proteins

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composed of cytoskeleton proteins, spectrin

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Integral Membrane Proteins

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determine blood groups, have attached antigens: A,B,O

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Jaundice

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yellowing of the skin or the sclera due to excess of the pigment bilirubin because of excessive breakdown of red blood cells

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What are the hereditary defects in the erythrocytes ?

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  • Hereditary Spherocytosis

- Hereditary Elliptocytosis

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Hereditary Spherocytosis

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spherical shape, mutation of proteins in ankyrin complex

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Hereditary Elliptocytosis

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  • elliptical shape; mutation of spectrin molecules
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What are the granulocytes ?

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  • have granules that stain specifically with certain dyes

- neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils

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Argranulocytes

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  • show azurophilic granules

- Lymphocytes and Monocytes

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Neutrophils

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  • first line of defense against bacterial infection )innate immunity)
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What do the neutrophils contain?

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  • specific granules ( secondary granules) and azurophilic granules (primary granules)
39
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Where is the heterochromatin in the nucleus ?

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periphery of the nucleus

40
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Where is the euchromatin ?

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center of the nucleus

41
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Barr Body

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repressed X chromosome

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What happens when there is inactivation of the second X chromosome ?

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  • prevent double dose of phenotypic attributes encoded by X chromosome
43
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neutrophils interact with endothelium through ?

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their adhesion molecules such as integrin and s-Le carbohydrate on the neutrophils

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What are adhesion molecules of the selectins and immunoglobulin superfamily ?

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  • intracellular adhesion molecule- 1 (ICAM-1) on endothelial cells
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What are the integrins activated by ?

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  • chemokines from endothelial cells bind to ICAM-1
46
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What does the neutrophils do when there is inflammation ?

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  • more adhesion molecules are induced on the surface on the neutrophils
  • Neutrophils extend pseudopods and migrate
47
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Neutrophils migrate how during inflammation

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  • through opened junction by histamine and heparin released from the mast cells.
48
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When there is a site of injury , what must the neutrophils do ?

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  • must recognize foreign substance, e.g., bacteria , and phagocytes it
49
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During a blood injury, what happens to the foreign material ?

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  • specific and azurophilic granules release enzymes, and digest it
50
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What does the specific granules (secondary) consist of ?

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  • inflammatory response

- contains bacteriostatic and bactericidal agents such as lysozyme

51
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What does the large specific granules contain?

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  • histamine, heparan sulfate (vasoactive reagents-dilation of small blood vessels).
52
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Where are the vasoactive agents released from ?

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  • basophils and mast cells
53
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What are the consequences of the vasoactive agents being released ?

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  • vascular disturbances, hypersensitivity, and anaphylaxis
54
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What causes for the vasoactive agents to be released ?

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  • antigens bind to immunoglobulins - E (IgE) on the surface of basophils
55
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What are the azurophilic granules

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Mast cells are ?

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  • large granules with vasoactive : histamine, heparin, and immunoreactive substances
57
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where do mast cells arise from ?

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bone marrow stem cells

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What is the purpose of the mast cells ?

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mediate inflammatory response

59
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What may mast cells cause ?

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  • systemic hypersensitivity reaction, allergy and anaphylaxis
60
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Major Basic Protein

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  • eosinophil peroxidase eosinophil-derived neurotoxin
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What is the role of the eosinophil cationic proteins?

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  • directed against helminth parasites
62
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Histaminase

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degrade substances released by mast cells and basophils

63
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What are azurophilic granules involved in?

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  • destruction of parasites and hydrolysis of Antibody-Antigen complexes
64
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When are eosinophils elevated in blood ?

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  • allergic reaction
  • chronic inflammation
  • helminthic parasitic infections
65
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What are monocytes transformed into ?

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  • activated macrophages
66
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What do the monocytes do while in the connective tissue?

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  • increasing their capacity for phagocytosis
67
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What does the monocytes do to foreign material ?

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  • ingest microbes (phagocytose)
68
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Where do the monocytes destroy the microbes ?

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intracellular vesicles

69
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What do the monocytes become ?

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osteoclasts in bone

70
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Where are the macrophages from ?

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blood monocytes

71
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What are macrophages ?

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  • cytoplasm contains granules and/ or vacuoles

- nucleus is irregular

72
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What does the active macrophages have ?

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  • numerous phagocytic vesicles

- abundant lysosomes

73
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What happens when the lymphocytes get active ?

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become active

74
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What are the main functional cells of the lymphocytes ?

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  • t-cells, b-cells, and natural killer cells (NK)
75
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What is the unique role of the lymphocytes ?

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  • may re-circulate after leaving the bloodstream
76
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What is the life span of the T-cells ?

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  • long life-span
77
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What is the T-cell involved in ?

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cell-mediated immunity

78
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What is the B-cell involved in ?

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activated (plasma cell) produce antibody

79
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Plasma are derived from?

80
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What does the rER (basophilia) produce, package, and secrete?

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immunoglobulins

81
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What appearance does the nucleus of the plasma have ?

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cart wheel

82
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What are the 4 zones of the platelets (thrombocytes) ?

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  • Peripheral Zone
  • Structural Zone
  • Organelle Zone
  • Membrane Zone
83
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Where the platelets derived from ?

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large polyploid megakaryocytes

84
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Cytoplasmic Granules of the “Organelle Zone” :

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  • serotonin, Histamine, and ADP,
  • Fibrinogen, Coagulation Factors,
  • Plasminogen, platelet-derived growth factor repair
  • blood coagulation and platelet aggregation
85
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What can serotonin do ?

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Vasoconstrictor

86
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What is the function of platelets ?

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  • surveillance of blood vessels, blood clot formation, and repair of injured tissue
87
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What events leading to the restoration of the normal blood flow ?

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  • Serotonin, vasoconstrictor
  • ADP and Thromboxane
  • Soluble Fibrinogen is converted to fibrin
88
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What does the ADP and thromboxaneA2 cause ?

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  • platelet aggregation forming primary hemostatic plug
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What does the soluble fibrinogen do ?

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  • converted to fibrin

- forms loose mesh over the initial plug and secondary hemostatic plug is formed

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