Study Guide For Exam 4

Question 1

The most abundant salutes in plasma

Answer 1

Plasma proteins

Question 2

Serves as a transport vehicle for nutrients, chemical, messengers, and metabolites

Answer 2

Plasma

Question 3

Stopping the blood flow

Answer 3

Hemostasis

Question 4

Reduces blood flow, initiated by endothelial injury. Caused by local and humoral mechanisms.

Answer 4

Vessel spasm

Question 5

Adhesion and aggregation, they are attracted to damaged vessel wall, activity by injured tissue, change form, exposing glycol, protein receptors on their surface. Adhesion requires protein called von willebrand factor after adhesion occurs.

Answer 5

The formation of platelet plug; thrombocytes

Question 6

The coagulation cascade it turns fibrinogen into fibrin. Prothrombin is necessary and requires vitamin K from the liver. Prothrombin is converted into thrombin and then converts, fibrinogen into fibrin

Answer 6

Blood coagulation. Insoluble fibrin clot.

Question 7

Requires large number of platelets . Plasma breaks down fibrin.

Answer 7

Clot retraction

Question 8

Allows for blood flow to be reestablished; also known as fibrinolysis, requires plasminogen

Answer 8

Clot dissolution