Parts of Blood
The name of the liquid portion of blood.
What is plasma?
Name of the protein floating in the blood plasma. (Hint: it binds with antigens)
What are antibodies?
Blood type with these agglutination results:
Anti-A = Clumps
Anti-B = Clumps
Anti-D = Clumps
What is AB+?
Blood type alleles that are codominant.
What are A & B?
Transplant from one species to a different species.
What is xenograft?
Part of blood involved with clotting
What are platelets?
Type of antigen(s) present in people with A- blood type
What is "A"?
Blood types that person with AB- blood can receive.
What are O-, A-, B-, AB-?
Possible genotypes for a person who has blood type A.
What are AA or AO?
The differences between open & laparoscopic surgeries
Open = direct access, better visibility, larger incision and longer recovery.
Laparoscopic = smaller incisions, faster recovery, and less noticeable scars. (may not be suitable for all cases).
Part of blood that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide
What are red blood cells? (RBCs)
Blood type that does NOT have any antibodies.
What is AB+?
Blood types that a person with A- blood can donate to.
What are A-, AB-, A+, AB+?
The probability that a child will be be blood type A if one parent has blood type A (AO) and the other parent is O blood type.
What is 50%?
This makes kidney transplants unique from most other transplant types.
What are living donors?
Located on the outside of RBCs and are like a "name tag" for the cell.
What are antigens?
Antibodies present in a person with type B blood.
What is Anti-A?
Universal donor blood type and the reason it is universal
What is O- because it has no antigens?
The probability that a child will have blood type O if one parent is blood type O and the other parent is blood type AB.
What is 0%?
Measures how well the kidneys are filtering blood.
What is the glomerular filtration rate (GFR)?
Name for the protein located on RBCs that oxygen molecules bond to.
What is hemoglobin?
The antigens & antibodies present in a person with O+ blood type.
What are RH/D antigens and A&B antibodies?
Another name for agglutination and why it occurs.
What is clumping due to antigens attaching to corresponding antibodies?
The blood types of two parents if they have three children who have blood types A, B and O.
What is type A & type B?
(Genotypes AO & BO)
The four steps of finding a match for an organ transplant.
What are...?
1. Blood typing
2. Tissue/HLA typing
3. Antibody Screening (PRA)
4. Crossmatch test