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Band 3 - Correct Answer macrocomplex of proteins including: -Rh -RhAG -LW (ICAM-4) -GPA -GPB -CD47 ATP source for RBCs - Correct Answer 90% from Glycolysis (Embden-Meyerhoff pathway) 10% from pentose phosphate pathway Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway - Correct Answer necessary to maintain heme iron in ferrous (Fe2+) state Deficiency causes accumulation of methemoglobin, nonfunctional from of Hgb Leubering Rapaport Shunt - Correct Answer permits accumulation of 2,3-DPG "Tense ...

1. The Rh system was first recognized in a case report of: a. A hemolytic transfusion reaction. b. Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. c. Circulatory overload. d. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia. - Correct Answer a. A hemolytic transfusion reaction. 2. What antigen is found in 85% of the white population and is always significant for transfusion purposes? a. d b. c c. D d. E - Correct Answer c. D 4. Cells carrying a weak-D antigen require the use of what test to demonstrat...

In the process of identifying an antibody, the technologist observed 2+ reactions with 3 of the 10 cells in a panel at the immediate-spin phase. These reactions disappeared following incubation at 37° C and the antihuman globulin phase of testing. What is the most likely responsible antibody? a. Anti-E b. Anti-D c. Anti-I d. Anti-Lea - Correct Answer d. Anti-Lea What is a characteristic of Rh system antibodies? a. Mixed-field reactions on panels b. Weak reactions with panel cells c...

Which of the following is a requirement for drivers with a diabetes exemption? A) Possess a rapidly absorbable form of glucose while driving B) Self—monitor blood glucose one hour before driving and at least once every 2 hours while driving C) Plan to submit blood glucose monitoring logs every 6 months D) Maintain a Hemoglobin A1C value less than 7 - Correct Answer A. Drivers with diabetes should self monitor blood glucose before driving and every 4 hours while driving. Blood glucose monit...

Is an individual who is Du positive considered Rh positive or Rh negative when donating blood? - Correct Answer Rh (Du) positive Are Rh antigens well developed at birth? - Correct Answer yes Which 2 Rh antigens are present if red cells are called f positive? - Correct Answer ce Should a Rh negative woman who has an induced abortion at two months of pregnancy receive Rh immune globulin? - Correct Answer yes At what week of pregnancy is antenatal Rh immune globulin routinely given? - C...

Name the scientists who first identified the Rh blood group - Correct Answer Landsteiner and Weiner Name the clinical significance of the Rh blood group - Correct Answer Primary cause of HDN and HTR; After A and B it is the most signficcant RBC antigen in transfusion practice due to high immunogenicity Describe the inheritence of the Rh genes - Correct Answer inherited as co-dominant alleles; Genes so closely liked that they are inherited as a single unit Describe the genetics of the Rh...

Rh system is the second most important system clinically, what is the first - Correct Answer Abo Antibodies in Rh system are __________ occuring - Correct Answer not naturally First exposure would not result in - Correct Answer RBC destruction What does a first exposure result in - Correct Answer Ab production Rh inheritance is... - Correct Answer autosomal codominant. (If inherited it will be expressed.) Fisher-Race Model - Correct Answer based on the theory that there are 3 cl...

Rh Antigens - Correct Answer Non glycosilated protein Transmembrane polypeptide Integral part of the RBC membrane Only small loops of the Rh proteins are exposed on the surface of the red cell. Levine and Stetson - Correct Answer HTR in obstetric px An Ab was isolated from the px that reacted both at 37C and 20C with the donor's RBCs 1939 Landsteiner and Weiner - Correct Answer Discovered in 1940 that, Ab made by guinea pigs and rabbits when transfused with Rhesus monkey red cells. ...

RHD RHCE - Correct Answer 2 genes responsible for expression of Rh antigens Codominant - Correct Answer Mode of inheritance of RH genes DCE terminology - Correct Answer Fisher-Race terminology 3 closely linked genes (allels) - Correct Answer Number of genes responsible for Rh antigens according to Fisher and Race Rh-Hr terminology - Correct Answer Weiner terminology One gene - Correct Answer Number of genes responsible for Rh antigens according to Weiner Alphanumeric Terminolo...

what does Rh+ mean - Correct Answer antigen is present on RBC what does Rh- mean - Correct Answer antigen is not present on RBC what was the Rh system named after - Correct Answer the Rhesus monkey why was the Rh system named after the Rhesus monkey - Correct Answer because they were initially used in the research to make the antiserum for typing blood samples what were initially used in research to make the antiserum for typing blood samples - Correct Answer the Rhesus monkey are...