Primary hemostasis Flashcards
Hemostasis definition
process by which the body spontaneoulsy stops bleeding and maintains blood in the fluid state within the vascular compartment
bleeding that doesnt stop
hemorrhage
too mcuh coagulation
thrombosis
Primary hemostasis
Injury
Vascular Phase
Platelet Adhesion
Platelet Aggregation
Temporary Plug
Secondary hemostasis
Coagulation cascade
Fibrin Clot Forms
Healing
Fibrinolysis
Major systems
- Vascular
- platelets
- coagulation
- Fibrinolytic
Minor systems
- Kinin
- Serine Protease
- Complement
Blood vessel
smooth, continuous endothelial lining
- “nonwettable”
- facilitates blood flow
Under normal conditions, hemostasis is prevented by
- endothelium as a physical barrier
- Endothelial secretions of platelet inhibitors Prostacyclin PGI2, and Nitric Oxide NO
Blood vessel layer composition
Inside–> Out
Tunica Intima
Tunica media
Tunica adventitia
Tunica intima
- Broad flat endothelial cells
- supports migration of cells
- subendothelium = collagen, connective tissue and fibroblasts
Tunica media
- Elastic tissue and smooth muscle
- Vasoconstriction
Tunica adventitia
- connective tissue
- support
Smooth muscle constricts
vasoconstriction
Diverts blood flow around damaged vasculature
When a blood vessel is breached
- sub-membranous collagen is exposed
- platelet and coagulation factors are able to be activated = contact activation
Blood vessel secretes
cytokines
ADP releases from
Endothelium
- promotes platelet aggregation (Platelet plug)
Tissue thromboplastin (Tissue Factor/ Factor III) is released from
vessel wall
- initiates fibrin formation through extrinsic cascade (initiates secondary hemostasis)
PLT count normal
150,000-400,000 uL
30% are sequestered in spleen as functional reserve
Aged or non-viable platelets are removed by the spleen and liver
Peripheral platelet zone
Function: adhesion and aggregation
- Open Canilicular system - helps in releasing granules
- Glycoproteins on surface = Glycocalyx - contains blood group and tissue compatibility antigens
- Surface provides help with fibrin clot formation: Factor V and VIII
Membrane is former demarcation of membrane parent
Phospholipids
Peripheral Zone
- Makes platelet sticky
- Platelet Factor 3 - PF3 –> allows assembly of vitamin K dependent coagulation (secondary hemostasis)