Normal hemostasis depends on all of the following except?
inadequate numbers of platelets
The sequence of events following injury to a small blood vessel is?
Blood vessel spasm (vasoconstriction)
Formation of a platelet plug
Contact between damaged blood vessel, blood platelets,and coagulation proteins
Development of a blood clot around the injury
Fibrinolysis and reestablishment of vascular integrity
Which blood vessels have the thickest walls?
Arteries
All blood and lymphatic vessels are lined with?
endothelium
Blood passes from the arterial to the venous system via
capillaries
The initiating stimulus to blood coagulation following injury to a blood vessel is?
contact activation with collagen
Which of the following is not correct?
A. Vasoconstriction reduces blood fl ow and promotescontact activation of platelets and coagulation factors
B. Platelets adhere to exposed endothelial connectivetissues
C. Aggregation of platelets releases thromboxane A2and vasoactive amines (serotonin and epinephrine)
None of the above
Which of the following is not a characteristic of platelets?
The presence of a nucleus
The cellular ultrastructural component(s) unique to the platelet is (are)
Glycocalyx
At all times, approximately _____ of the total number of platelets are in the systemic circulation.
two thirds
The reference range of platelets in the systemic circulation is?
150 to 450 × 109/L
The functions of platelets in response to vascular damage include?
formation of a platelet plug
If vascular injury exposes the endothelial surface and underlying collagen, platelets 1._____ to the collagen fibers and 2._____.
1. adhere
2. aggregate
Agents that are capable of aggregating platelets include?
collagen
thrombin
serotonin
Aspirin ingestion has the following hemostatic effect in a normal person?
Prolongs the bleeding time
The bleeding time test measures?
platelet adhesion and aggregation on locally injured vascular subendothelium
The clot retraction test is?
a refl ection of the quantity and quality of platelets and other factors
Warfarin acts by?
acting as a vitamin K antagonist
Match the name of the coagulation factor with the appropriate symbolic designation:
Thrombin
IIa
Match the name of the coagulation factor with the appropriate symbolic designation:
Tissue thromboplastin
III
Match the name of the coagulationfactor with the appropriate symbolic designation:
Antihemophilic factor
VIII
Match the name of the coagulationfactor with the appropriate symbolic designation:
Hageman factor
XII
name step sin Platelet Plug Consolidation and Stabilization.