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What are the factors in hemostasis?

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-vascular constriction, platelet aggregation, clot formation, thrombin, clotting cascade, fibroblast invasion & ct. formation, clot dissolution, prevention of inappropriate clotting,

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Hemostasis

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the arrest of bleeding

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Bleeding requires ____

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break in vessel wall & pressure gradient

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What are differences in bleeding types?

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  • injury to microcirculation vs. large a.

- injury to large a. vs. v

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What processes act to stop blood flow from damaged vessel?

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  1. Vasoconstriction
  2. Platelet aggregation (plug)
  3. Blood clotting
  4. Fibrous tissue growth/clot dissolution
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Mechanism of platelet plug fromation

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  1. Break occurs
  2. ADP & thromboxane A2 released
  3. ADP/thromboxane A2 recruits more platelets & thromboxane A2/ADP
  4. Platelet aggregate to form plug
  5. ADP also interacts with intact endothelium to inhibit platelet aggregation there by stimulating the release of prostacyclin & NO.
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Thromboxane A2 is a

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vasoconstrictor

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What limits platelet plug to the damaged area?

aka what inhibits platelet aggregation

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Prostacyclin & NO release from normal endothelium

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Major roles of aggregated platelet plug

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  1. Seals break in vessel wall
  2. Actin-myosin complexes in platelets constrict to compact plug
  3. Additional vasoconstrictor release
  4. Releases chemicals that contribute to clotting cascade
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vessel walls break in

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capillaries all the time b/c they’re so fragile.

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Clot formation is

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the most powerful hemostatic mechanism

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first defense against vessel break

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platelet plug

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second defense against platelet plug

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clotting

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Clot formation function

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strengthen and support platelet plug.

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Clotted blood

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meshwork of fibrin that traps blood cells and serum

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what activated clot formation

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collagen fibers in the break.

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What has to happen for clot formation to occur?

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fibrinogen (solumbe) must convert to fibrin (insoluble compound)

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Step 1 in clot formation

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fibrinogen converts to fibrin with the help of Ca and thrombin

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Fibrin’s job

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creates clot’s threadlike structure

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Prothrombin becomes thrombin by…

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interacting with Ca and prothrombin activator

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What is absolutely needed for clot formation to even begin?

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Thrombin does what things?

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  1. Enhances prothrombin activation
  2. Enhances platelet aggregation (which leads to prothrombin release/activation)
  3. Activates Factor XIII which stabilized fibrin meshwork
  4. Stimulates conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin
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Clotting cascade’s 2 pathways

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extrinsic and intrinsic

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Extrinsic clotting cascade pathway

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clotting of blood that escaped into tissues.

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How does the extrinsic pathway begin?
traumatized tissue releases tissue thromboplastin which DIRECTLY activates factor X
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Intrinsic clotting cascade pathway
Factor XII activated by contact with collagen or foreign object
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Clot retration
after clot formation, trapped platelets contract, pulling damaged vessel walls closer
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Where do extrinsic and intrinsic clotting cascade pathways converge?
on Factor 10!
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Which clotting cascade pathway is faster?
extrinsic!
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What initiates the intrinsic clotting cascade pathway?
contact with inactive Factor XII (Hageman factor) which activates factor XII
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Fates of clot formation (2)
1. Invasion by fibroblasts (causes scaring) | 2. Dissolution of the clot
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Which clot formation fate is typical?
Invasion by fibroblasts
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What happens during an invasion by fibroblasts?
-Fibroblasts from connective tissue through the clot
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When does fibroblast invasion occur?
within hours after clot formation
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How long until there is complete organization into fibrous tissue?
within 1-2 weeks of clot formation
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Where does clot dissolution occur?
where clots are not needed
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How does clot dissolution occur?
The proteolytic enzyme plasmin digests fibrin fibers & other clotting factors
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Factor XII is involved in...
1. Clot formation | 2. Clot dissolution
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How does factor XII cause clot dissolution?
Plasmin is trapped in clot during formation and factor XII helps activate it
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What stimulates plasminogen to become plasmin?
factor XII and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)
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Plasmin
fibrinolytic enzyme that dissolves clots
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Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)
stimulates plasmin formation and plasminogen activation
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How is inappropriate clot formation prevented?
Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) continuously converts plasminogen to plasmin so fibrin in blood doesn't turn blood into a solid/gel. ongoing low level of fibrin formation is countered by low level of fibrinolytic activity
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Conditions of excessive bleeding
1. Hemophilia 2. Platelet deficiency (thrombocytopenia) 3. Vitamin K deficiency
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Hemophilia
- caused by deficiency in a clotting cascade factor - common in males - mostly a genetic inability to make factor VIII
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platelet deficiency (thrombocytopenia)
leads to hundreds of small, confined hemorrhagic areas as blood leaks from sm. vessels before coagulation can occur.
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how long does it normally take platelet coagulation to occur?
1-2 min to start clotting and 6-10 min to complete it
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Vitamin K deficiency
- leads to formation of structurally incomplete clotting factors which causes bad clotting. - -Warfarin (caumadin) = Vit. K antagonist

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