Blood Typing Basics
This is what typing identifies.
What are proteins embedded in RBCs?
This type of blood contains only A antigen proteins.
What is type A blood?
This percentage of the population has the Rh factor.
What is 85%?
These are found in erythrocyte cell membranes and foreign cell membranes.
What are antigens?
People with blood type A have these antibodies in their plasma.
What are B antibodies?
Blood typing is quicker and less expensive than this.
What is DNA profiling?
If a person's blood contains both A and B antigen proteins, they have this type of blood.
What is type AB blood?
People who lack the Rh factor are said to have this type of blood.
What is Rh negative blood?
This type of cell releases antibodies to attack foreign substances.
What are B-lymphocytes or White Blood Cells?
People with blood type B have these antibodies in their plasma.
What are A antibodies?
Blood typing provides this type of evidence.
A person's blood that has neither A nor B antigen proteins is classified as this blood type.
What is O blood?
The Rh factor was first discovered in this animal.
What are the Rhesus monkeys?
This is the process in which antibodies attach to antigens and destroy them.
What is an antigen-antibody response?
This blood type has neither A nor B antibodies in their plasma.
What is type AB blood?
The presence or absence of these determines a person's blood type.
What are cell-surface proteins or Antigens?
These are found on the surface of some erythrocytes, such as A and B proteins.
What are antigens?
People who have this surface protein have positive blood types.
What is the Rh factor?
This is the name for the clumping of erythrocytes, which can happen during blood transfusions.
What is agglutination?
This is critical to avoid dangerous reactions during blood transfusions.
What is blood typing?