NURSING 1G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Thromboxane A2, Thrombus, Prothrombinase
5 Feb 2017
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For abo we have a, b, ab, or o. The key components that contribute to the classification are the presence of anitgens, a and b that are glycolipids, that are present on the outside of rbcs. Antigen = any substance that causes an antibody response to be generated. To classify, look at the type of antibody that is floating around in the plasma, and the type of antigen you have on your rbc. Type a: a antigen on the cell, and in plasma, you"ll have the opposite antibody- so here, a anti-b antibody. Type b: b antigen on cell, and in plasma, anti a antibody. Type ab: both a&b antigens on the blood cell, and no antibody. Type o: nor antigen present on cell, but both anti-a and anti-b antibodies in the plasma. The funky looking bloods have had an agglutination reaction, Take blood from patient and from donor, and mix them to see if its a compatible match.
