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| Blood types and transfusion compatibility are based on the interactions between these two things |
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Plasma proteins
Erythrocytes |
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| The two types of large molecules that interact to determine blood tpye |
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| On the surface of the cell - allow the body to distinguish itself from foreign matter |
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| Proteins that bind to antigens and mark them, or cells bearing them, for destruction |
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| The clumping of particles - eg when two antibody molecule binds two or more antigen molecules |
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| The purpose of an antigen-antibody complex - formed through agglutination |
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| To immobilise antigens until immune cells arrive |
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| Antigens that determine blood types |
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| Antibodies that determine blood types |
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| Where agglutinogens are found |
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| Where agglutinins are found |
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| The number of molecule binding sites to attach to either A or B antigen |
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| The most common blood type |
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| This blood type is called the "universal recipient" - wont agglutinate donor RBCs of any ABO blood type |
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| AB - lacks both anti-A and anti-B antibodies |
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| This blood type os called the "universal donor" |
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| A person is Rh-positive if they have this type of antigen |
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| A person is Rh-negative if they lack this type of antigen |
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| Why anti-D antibodies are not normally present in the blood |
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| They only form in Rh- people exposed to Rh+ blood |
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| Is there a little or high risk if an Rh- person receives Rh+ donor blood |
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| Little - anti-D does not appear instantaneously - but could make a problem is exposed to Rh+ blood again later |
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