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What is agglutination? |
Agglutination is the clumping of particles. Agglutination is the process that occurs if an antigen is mixed with its corresponding antibody |
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What would a low hematocrit percentage cause? What would a high percentage cause? |
Low-anemia High-polycythemia |
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I’m a centrifuged blood sample, what is a normal percentage for hematocrit? |
45-52% for men 37-48% for women |
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What blood type is considered the “universal recipient” and why? |
A person who has group AB blood and is therefore able to receive blood from a person with any other blood type. Group AB blood contains red blood cells that have both antigens A and B and thus does not have reactive antibodies in its plasma to these antigens, which are found in some other blood type |
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Why is type O considered the “universal donor”? |
Type O blood is the called the universal donor because it has neither A nor B surface antigens on the red blood cells |
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What are the visual differences between erythrocytes and leukocytes? |
RBCs are bi-concave disc shaped, and have no nucleus. size is roughly approximately 6-8 μm and WBCs are irregular in shape, but have a nucleus and an outer buffer coat |
