Basic Concepts

Question 1

Process of cessation or stopping of bleeding → clot formation and clot dissolution via fibrinolysis

Answer 1

Hemostasis

Question 2

Done when there is a vessel injury

Answer 2

Bleeding and Unwanted or excessive clot formation

Question 3

stopped by clot formation

Answer 3

Bleeding

Question 4

Bleeding is stopped by

Answer 4

Platelets and 16 coagulation factors

Question 5

Unwanted or excessive clot formation is prevented by body’s

Answer 5

circulating inhibitors (fibrinolytic agents)

Question 6

substances that causes blood clot to form

Answer 6

Prothrombotic

Question 7

dissolves blood clot formed in a vessel injury so that formation of clot inside blood vessels will be avoided

Answer 7

Antithrombotic/Fibrinolytic substances

Question 8

a substance that retards or stops a process or chemical reaction

Answer 8

Inhibitor

Question 9

• A blood clot that obstructs a blood vessel
• Only in one place

Answer 9

Thrombus

Question 10

A mass (clot) of blood or foreign matter carried in the circulation

Answer 10

Embolus

Question 11

Process of forming a fibrin clot

Answer 11

Coagulation

Question 12

A disease where blood clot is continuously forming

Answer 12

Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

Question 13

Patient suffering from should take __ to prevent continuous formation of blood clot

Answer 13

warfarin/heparin/any anticoagulant

Question 14

Enzymatic breakdown of blood clot which must be stabilize

Answer 14

Fibrinolysis

Question 15

Abnormal thickening and hardening of the arterial walls, causing loss of elasticity & impaired blood circulation

Answer 15

Arteriosclerosis

Question 16

A form of arteriosclerosis in which lipids, calcium, cholesterol, and other substances deposit on the inner walls of the arteries

Answer 16

Atherosclerosis