Lec. 7: Blood Groups, Hemostasis, and Blood Coagulation
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What is the primary function of hemostasis?

  • To prevent and stop bleeding, keeping blood within a damaged blood vessel (correct)
  • To promote bleeding from damaged blood vessels
  • To dissolve blood clots that have already formed
  • To stimulate platelet aggregation
  • What is the first response of the blood vessel to hemostasis?

  • Vascular spasm (correct)
  • Fibrinolysis
  • Blood clotting
  • Platelet plug formation
  • What prevents blood clotting in intact blood vessels?

  • Heparin-like molecule and thrombomodulin (correct)
  • Plasminogen
  • Fibrinogen
  • Thrombin
  • What is the function of nitric oxide and prostacyclin in hemostasis?

    <p>To inhibit platelet aggregation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the platelet plug in hemostasis?

    <p>To form a temporary seal to cover the break in the vessel wall</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the final step in the hemostasis process?

    <p>Blood coagulation, or formation of a fibrin clot</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of vasoconstriction in hemostasis?

    <p>To reduce blood flow through the injured area and limit blood loss</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of collagen in hemostasis?

    <p>To promote platelet adhesion to the injury site</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of platelets in hemostasis?

    <p>To form a platelet plug and then degranulate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of the coagulation cascade in hemostasis?

    <p>Formation of a Fibrin mesh around the platelet plug</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process of platelet plug formation and degranulation?

    <p>Primary hemostasis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the step that involves the formation of a Fibrin mesh around the platelet plug?

    <p>Secondary hemostasis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the immediate consequence of the formation of prothrombin activator in the blood coagulation process?

    <p>Conversion of prothrombin to thrombin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a mechanism that initiates clotting?

    <p>Release of histamine from mast cells</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of ionic Ca++ in the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin?

    <p>It causes the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin in the presence of prothrombin activator</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the final product of the clotting process?

    <p>A mesh of platelets, blood cells, and plasma</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of thrombin in the blood coagulation process?

    <p>To act as an enzyme to convert fibrinogen into fibrin fibers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the initial step in the clotting process?

    <p>Formation of prothrombin activator</p> Signup and view all the answers

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