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When there is a break in the endothelium what forms the inital plug?

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platelets that are circulating in the bood

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What comes in after the platelet plug and creates a network to hold them all together?

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fibrin

They have a natural affinity for each other to form a fibrin strand

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Fibrin has a natural affinity for each other. How do we stop them from binding to each other while they are cicrulating in the blood?

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fibrinogen, cap that covers a binding site

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How does your body know when to convert fibrinogen into fibrin?

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thrombin

is activated from its inactive form called prothrombin

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Name the steps in the clotting factors in the intrinsic pathway.
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12-11-9 and 8-10 and 5-2(thrombin)- 1(fibrin)

2 and 1 are part of both pathways and not necessarily part of each pathway

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Each factor in the clotting casacde is not becoming one or the other. What is it doing?

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One factor is activating the next factor. So factor 12 activates factor 11 to become factor 11a

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Name the steps in the clotting factors in the extrinsic pathway

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factor 3 (tissue factor)-7-10 and 5

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What is the pathway that get activated first by the inital injury?

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the extrinsic pathway

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Which pathway gets most of the clotting work done?

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the intrinsic pathway

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What are the proteins that are secreted by the endothelium and the proteins that are newly exposed called?

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tissue factor or factor3

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What gets the intrinsic workhorse going in the first place?

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thrombin (2) that was slightly activated by the extrinsic pathway

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What factors does thrombin activate?

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5, 7, 8, 11, 13

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Whats the end goal of the clotting casade?

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create fibin strands

and to connect all the fibrin strands that are made.

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How are all the fibrin strands connected together?

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factor 13 creates crosslinks that connect all the fibrin strands that are created

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How do we stop the clotting system when we need it to?

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negative feedback loop that is regulated by thrombin

  • Thrombin helps create plasmin which act directly on the mesh networks of the fibin strands and breaks them apart.
  • Thrombin stimulates the production of antithrombin which decreases the amount of thrombin produced from prothrombin and impede the production of activated 10a from 10.
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What does antithrombin do?

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decreases the amount of thrombin that prothrombin is making and impede the activatoion of 10a from 10

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What are the three processes through which hemostasis is regulated?
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  1. vascular spasm
  2. platelet plug formation
  3. coagulation
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Describe the first step in hemostasis, vasoconstriction?

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  1. direct injury
  2. chemical messengers from endothelial cells and platelets
  3. initiation of the pain reflex
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What are the chemical messengers secreted from endothelial cells platelets?

Whats the most potent?

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Thromboxane A2,
serotonin,
endothelin I(most potent)

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What is primary hemostasis?

Describe the steps in the process?
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Platelet plug formation

  1. injury to vascular endothelium
  2. VWF is released
  3. Proteins on platelets bind with fibrinogen causing platelets to adhere
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Describe the effectivness of platelet plug formation?

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quick temporary solution that lasts 12-24 hrs

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describe the structure of a platelet?

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A glycoprotein, Glycosaminoglycans
Coagulation proteins
will an outter cell membrane and no nucleus

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Which glycoproteins bind to bridge platelets toegther?

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GPIIb/IIIa binds fibrinogen

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Whats the lifespan of a platelet and where are they made?

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8-12 days

Bone marrow

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What enzymes do platelets conatin? | 5
``` serotonin, calcium, ADP, PDGF, thromboxane A2 ```
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What is the production of platelets regulated by and where does it come from?4
thrombopoietin from liver, kidney, smooth muscle, bone marrow
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What does an activated platelet look like? inactivated?
activated is all crunched up and stringy so it can latch onto endothelium and to each other inactivated looks like potato chips
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Describe the steps in primary hemostasis | 5
1. platelet adhesion 2. shape change of platelet 3. platelets release granules (ADP anf TXA2) in order to 4. recruit more platelets 5. aggregation or hemostatic plug
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What does clopidogrel inhibit?
ADP
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What does aspirin inhibit?
TXA2
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Primary hemostasis/platelet plug formation is defective when what happens? 3
Low platelets Decreased vWF Medications that inhibit platelets
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What medications inhibit the platelet plug formation? And how do they do this? 2
Aspirin (inhibits prostaglandin synthesis including thromboxane A2) Clopidrogel (inhibits the ADP pathway)
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What does VWF do? | 2
1. acts as a glue and binds platelets to the endothelium/collagen. 2. It also prolongs the life of factor 8 (usually only lasts for a few seconds and with vwf it can last for a few min)
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What is secondary hemostasis?
coagulation
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How is the clotting pathway activated? | 2
1. a defect in the vessel endothelium or | 2. disruption in the vessel wall.
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What is the intrinsic pathway activated by? | 2
1. Exposed collagen in the vessel. 2. This sets forth the catalyst to activate factor XII (Hageman factor)
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What is hagemen factor?
factor 7
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What are the important factors of the intrinsic pathway? | 5
Hageman factor, factors VIII, IX, XI and calcium
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What are important factors in the extrinsic pathway? | 3
Tissue factor III, VII and calcium
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What is tissue factor activated by? | 3
inflammatory cytokines, cell injury and vessel injury (bleeding into the tissue)
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Common pathway starts and ends with what? Describe how it gets from start to finish 7
Starts with 10 and ends with fibrin (10-prothrombin-thrombin-fibrinogen- fibrin- fibrin strands-corsslinked fibrin strands)
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How fast is clot formation completed?
3-6 minutes
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What is clot retraction?
when the platelets contract and draw the edges of the blood vessel closer together
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Why is fibrinolysis necessary and how long does it take to happen?
1. necessary to remove clots as the blood vessel heals | 2. Within 2 days of clot formation and continues until clot is fully dissolved
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What is the formaiton of plasmin dependant on? | 3
1. activation of plasminogen by tPA, XIIa and thrombin.
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What would be some things that activate plasminogen? | 4
vasoactive drugs, venous occlusion , increased body temp, exercise
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What does plasmin do?
digests the fibrin in the clot and breaks it up
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What regulatory mechanisms are in place to limit clot growth? 2
1. Removal of clotting factors (dilutional) 2. Inhibition of activated clotting factors - antithrombinIII - protein C - protein S
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What does antothrombin III inhibit? | 2
Inactivates thrombin and X
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What does protein C inactivate?
Inactivates V and VIII
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What does protein S activate?
Accelerates the action of Protein C
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How does heparin work? Heparin is produced from where?3
binds to AT (antithrombin II) causing a conformation change activating it. This then inactivates factor 10a and thrombin mast cells, basophils, and surface of endothelium
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Why does liver damage affect hemostasis?
most of the clotting factors are synthesized in the liver
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What vitamin is required for synthesis of 4 clotting factors and what are these factors?
1. vitamin K | 2. 2, 7, 9, 10
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What is the role of calcium in the clotting cascade?
Calcium helps to activate multiple clotting factors throughout the entire coagulation cascade.

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