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Reticulocytes .- .ANS✓✓-immature .RBCs
What .does .a .high .reticulocyte .count .indicate? .- .ANS✓✓-
increased .RBC .production
Mean .Corpuscular .Volume .(MCV) .- .ANS✓✓-measures .average .volume .of .RBCs
microcytic .vs .macrocytic
Mean .Corpuscular .Hemoglobin .(MCH/MCHC) .- .ANS✓✓-
measures .concentration .of .hemoglobin .in .RBCs
First .stage .of .clotting .- .ANS✓✓-vasoconstriction
Vasoconstriction .- .ANS✓✓-walls .contract .to .reduce .blood .flow
Second .stage .of .clotting .- .ANS✓✓-formation .of .platelet .plug
Formation .of .platelet .plug .- .ANS✓✓-platelets .aggregate
vWF .(increases .platelet .aggregation)
Third .stage .of .clotting .- .ANS✓✓-Clot .retraction
Clot .retraction .- .ANS✓✓-Clot .brings .edges .of .broken .blood .vessel .together
Fourth .stage .of .clotting .- .ANS✓✓-Clot .dissolution
Clot .dissolution .- .ANS✓✓-fibrinolysis .to .breakdown .clot
plasmin .(dissolves .fibrin .mesh)
Intrinsic .coagulation .pathway .- .ANS✓✓-by .factors .within .the .bloodstream
Extrinsic .coagulation .pathway .- .ANS✓✓-by .factors .external .to .bloodstream
primarily .tissue .factor .(TF)
Hypercoagulability .- .ANS✓✓-increases .platelet .function
platelet .adhesion .-> .formation .of .platelet .clot .-> .disrupted .bloodflow