3 formed elements Correct Answers platelets, white blood cells,
& red blood cells
Albumin Correct Answers protein in blood; maintains the
proper amount of water in the blood
Anti-thrombin III Correct Answers from liver
deactivates thrombin before it can act on fibrinogen
Anticoagulant Correct Answers "clot busters"
Basophils Correct Answers increase with chicken pox, sinusitis,
& diabetes
CBC Correct Answers complete blood count
clot retraction Correct Answers platelets contract & pull torn
edges of vessel closer
Coagulation phase Correct Answers conversion of fibrinogen to
water insoluble protein
fibrin (mesh network that helps create solid clot)
common pathway Correct Answers where extrinsic and intrinsic
converge
Calcium required for either pathway
Eosinophils Correct Answers increase with parasitic infections
& allergies
, Extrinsic pathway Correct Answers begins in vessel wall
outside blood stream
Firbinolysis Correct Answers breaking a clot apart
Globulins (plasma protein) Correct Answers immunity and
transport
Hematocrit Correct Answers determines % of RBCs in the
plasma
Hemoglobin recycling Correct Answers Phagocytes break
hemoglobin into components
-globular proteins to amino acids
-heme to biliverdin
-biliverdin to bilirubin
-liver removes bilirubin
Hemophilia Correct Answers rare inherited bleeding disorder
certain clotting factors are missing or insufficient
Bleed longer not faster
Hemostasis Correct Answers stopping of bleeding through
damaged vessels
Heparin Correct Answers from basophils & mast cells
activates Anti-Thrombin III
intrinsic pathway Correct Answers begins with circulating pro-
enzymes