Coagulation Factors

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about coagulation factors.

Coagulation Factor I

Preferred name: Fibrinogen

Coagulation Factor II

Preferred name: Prothrombin; Activated Factor II is Thrombin, a serine protease

Coagulation Factor III

Preferred name: Tissue Factor; Alternative name: Tissue thromboplastin; a cofactor

Coagulation Factor IV

Preferred name: Calcium; Mineral

Coagulation Factor V

Preferred name: Proaccelerin; Alternative Names: Labile Factor, Accelerator globulin; a cofactor

Coagulation Factor VII

Preferred name: Proconvertin; Alternative Names: Stable Factor, SPCA, Autoprothrombin I; a serine protease

Coagulation Factor VIII

Preferred name: AHF (Antihemophilic Factor); Alternative Names: AHF A, AHG, Platelet Cofactor I; a cofactor

Coagulation Factor IX

Preferred name: PTC (Plasma Thromboplastin Component); Alternative Names: Christmas Factor, AHF B, Platelet Cofactor II; a serine protease

Coagulation Factor X

Preferred name: Stuart-Prower Factor; Alternative Names: Stuart, Prower, Autoprothrombin III, and Thrombokinase; a serine protease

Coagulation Factor XI

Preferred name: PT Antecedent; Alternative name: AHF C; a serine protease

Coagulation Factor XII

Preferred name: Hageman; Alternative Names: Glass Factor, Contact Factor; a serine protease

Coagulation Factor XIII

Preferred name: Fibrin Stabilizing Factor; Alternative Names: Laki-Lorand Factor, Fibrinase, Transglutaminase, and Fibrinoligase; a transglutaminase, transamidase

HMWK (High Molecular Weight Kininogen)

Preferred name: Fitzgerald; Alternative names: Contact activation factor, William, Flaujeac; a cofactor

PK

Preferred name: Fletcher; Prekallikrein; a serine protease

Fibrinogen

Thrombin substrate, polymerizes to form fibrin

von Willebrand factor (vWF)

Factor VIII carrier and platelet adhesion

Platelet factor 3

Assembly molecule