Valley Homeostasis Flashcards
What factor promotes platelet adhesion?
von Willebrand’s factor
Where is von Willebrand’s factor manufactured? Released?
vWF is both manufactured by and released from endothelial cells
What activates platelets?
Thrombin (aka: Factor IIa or activated factor II) activates platelets
What does the activated platelet synthesize? What is the effect?
activated platelets (think platelets that have changed shape) synthesize and release thromboxane A2 and ADP. Both of these promote platelet aggregation by binding to receptors and activating signal transduction.
What factor aggregates platelets?
Factor I - fibrinogen aggregates platelets.
Remember: Thromboxane A2 and ADP uncover the fibrinogen receptors
When the endothelial lining of the blood vessel is damaged, platelets adhere to the sub endothelial collagen. What substance anchors platelets to sub endothelial collagen?
Von Willebrand’s Factor
What clotting factor activates the platelet at the site of vascular injury?
Thrombin factor (IIa)
What two substances, released from the activated platelet, stimulate platelet aggregation?
Thromboxane A2 and ADP
What substance links platelets together (aggregates them)?
Fibrinogen (factor I)
What agents inhibit platelet aggregation by inhibiting cyclooxyegenase?
ASA and NSAIDs
What clotting factors are found in the extrinsic pathway?
III - aka tissue factor or thromboplastin
VII
What clotting factors are found in the intrinsic pathway?
XII
XI
IX
VIII
What clotting factor are found in the final common pathway?
I - fibrinogen II - prothrombin V X XIII - fibrin stabilizing factor
What clotting factor is considered the physiologic initiator of the coagulation cascade?
III - also known as tissue factor or thromboplastin
What clotting factor promotes fibrin cross-linking?
XIII - fibrin-stabilizing factor
Antithrombin III inhibits what five clotting factors? Which of these five is in the intrinsic pathway? What two of these five clotting factors are most profoundly inhibited?
II, IX, X, XI, and XII
IX, XI, and XII are in the intrinsic pathway
II and X are most profoundly inhibited
What four clotting factors are vitamin K dependent? Which of these is in the extrinsic pathway?
II, VII, IX, and X
VII is in the extrinsic pathway
How does heparin work?
heparin increases the activity of (turns on) antithrombin III
How does coumadin work?
coumadin competitively inhibits the vitamin-K dependent clotting factors
What anticoagulant affects the extrinsic and final common pathways?
warfarin (coumadin)