Blood Type
What is a RBC (erythrocyte)?
Used by investigators to determine if a red substance is indeed blood. A chemical reaction turns the sample green if it reacts with blood.
What is Hemastix?
Which two alleles for blood type are dominant?
What are A and B?
How many liters of blood does an average person have?
What is 5 liters?
This blood cell type is vital for immune function
What is a WBC (leukocyte)?
Can be analyzed to give clues to the location of a crime, movement of a victim, and type of weapon.
What are blood droplets?
What is O?
This type of blood has no reaction with Anti A, Anti B, or Anti Rh
What is O - ?
A person with this type of blood may receive blood from anyone (be as specific as possible!)
What is type AB+?
This substance makes hidden blood stains glow on contact
What is luminol?
A type AB man has a child with a type O mother. What blood types are possible for the baby?
What are A and B?
A person has type O- blood. Which blood types may they accept?
What is O-?
A protein in the plasma that is responsible for blood clotting
What are platelets?
Indicates the presence of a specific protein; discovered while studying Rhesus monkeys
What is Rh factor?
A Type AB man and type O mother have a child. Which blood types are impossible for the baby?
What are O and AB?
A person has AB- blood type. Which blood types may they accept?
What is the any - blood type?
Which blood type would be the universal donor (be as specific as possible)
What is O- ?
Immune system Proteins in plasma that bind to specific blood cell surface antigens, causing agglutination.
What are antibodies?
Can an Rh - person receive Rh + blood?
What is Hell no!
Which parental genotypes can produce every blood type in their potential children?
What are AO and BO?
Daily Double: Where did Bostick claim he got his blood samples from?
What is he clubbed a baby seal and stole its blood?