Hemostasis

Question 1

These symptoms can indicate what ? Pale MM, lethargy, Icterus

Answer 1

Anemia

Question 2

These symptoms can indicate what ?
Petechia, epistaxis

Answer 2

Thrombocytopenia

Question 3

Buccal Mucosal Bleeding Time Tests detect what

Answer 3

Platelet function

Question 4

TRUE OR FALSE
BMBT shouldn’t be used for breed specific dogs before certain procedures like surgeries

Answer 4

FALSE
this testing method is great to use before surgeries on specific breeds that have Van Willebrand Disease

Question 5

ACT testing detects what ?

Answer 5

All clinically significant clotting factors except for VII

Question 6

APTT tests detect what ?

Answer 6

Intrinsic and common pathways

Question 7

PT( prothrombin Time) testing detects what ?

Answer 7

Extrinsic and common pathways

Question 8

PIVKA testing detects what ?

Answer 8

Vitamin K deficiencies

Question 9

What anticoagulant is used for morphology studies

Answer 9

EDTA

Question 10

What anticoagulant is used for coagulation studies

Answer 10

Sodium citrate

Question 11

Deficient amount of platelets or coagulation factors will result in

Answer 11

Decreased healing of vessels and increased bleeding

Question 12

What is fibrinogen

Answer 12

A soluble protein present in blood plasma that produces fibrin

Question 13

What is fibrin

Answer 13

An insoluble protein that combines with platelets to form a clot

Question 14

Where are most coagulation factors produced

Answer 14

The liver

Question 15

What is thrombin

Answer 15

An enzyme in blood plasma which causes the clotting of blood by converting fibrinogen to fibrin

Question 16

Adheres platelets to each other (sticky)

Answer 16

Von Willebrand factors

Question 17

What are the three phases of coagulation

Answer 17

Mechanical, chemical, final

Question 18

The most common coagulation disorder seen in small animal veterinary practice

Answer 18

Thrombocytopenia

Question 19

Ability of the bodies systems to maintain the integrity of the blood and blood vessels

Answer 19

Hemostasis

Question 20

What is The most common inherited coagulopathy in dogs

Answer 20

Hemophilia A

Question 21

DIC=

Answer 21

Disseminated intravascular coagulation

Question 22

What is the chemical phase of blood coagulation called

Answer 22

Coagulation cascade

Question 23

The percentage of total blood volume that is made up of platelets

Answer 23

Plateletcrit

Question 24

Bigger platelets may indicate increased means which can indicate

Answer 24

Blood loss

Question 25

What does Epistaxis mean

Answer 25

Acute hemorrhage from the nostril

Question 26

What does Ecchymosis mean

Answer 26

Large areas of bruising

Question 27

What does petechiae mean

Answer 27

Many Small areas of bruising

Question 28

What does Melena mean

Answer 28

Black tarry stool from the upper GI

Question 29

What does Hematochezia mean

Answer 29

Frank blood

Question 30

What does hematuria mean

Answer 30

Blood in urine

Question 31

What might you as a tech notice in a patient that could be hemorrhaging internally

Answer 31

Increased CRT, pale MM, super lethargic as well as decreased appetite due to weakness, and poor mentation.

Question 32

Hereditary hemostatic disorders can been first seen in what age of animals

Answer 32

6 months of age

Question 33

What is DIC

Answer 33

The body clotting and unclotting randomly in all the wrong places in the body

Question 34

Vitamin K deficiency can be because of what in an animal

Answer 34

Rat poisoning

Question 35

What does rat poisoning due to the body

Answer 35

Bind all the vitamin K together and it can destroy the livers ability to make Vitamin K

Question 36

If fibrinogen needs to be tested what part of the blood do you need ? Serum, plasma, or whole blood?

Answer 36

Plasma

Question 37

What phase of the coagulation pathway ? Fibrin is Broken down

Answer 37

Final

Question 38

What phase of the coagulation pathway ? The coagulation cascade occurs

Answer 38

Chemical

Question 39

What phase of the coagulation pathway ? Platelets stick together and release initiating factor

Answer 39

Mechanical