Unit 10: Platelets

Platelets

Thrombocytes

Function

initiate blood clotting and to close damadged vessels

Plasma Function

• transport nutrients, gasses, vitamins

• maintain fluid/electrolyte/PH balance

PP Albumin

blood pressure

PP Globulin

transport antibodies

PP Fibrinogen

blood clotting

Homostasis

Stop Bleeding

Hematoma

Coagulation

Coagulation

1. Serotonin (vasoconstriction) shrinks vessel

2. Platelet plus closes the hole

3. Fibrin forms mesh scab

Thrombin

Enzyme that turns fibrinogen into fibrin

Thrombus

Blood Clot (abnormal)

Embolus

When a blood clot moves

Pulmonary Embolism

When a blood clot travels to the lung

VKBD

Vitamin K shots for babies with Bleeding Disorders

Hemophilia

• no blood clotting factors

• mother to son

  • X chromosome