Briefly describe the significance of the balance between coagulation and fibrinolytic systems. Why heparin is a very powerful anticoagulant?

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Q: Diagram the clotting pathway beginning with prothrombin?

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Q: List the important physical properties of platelets

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Q: Describe the sequence of events in physiological coagulation. 2) Explain the role of the following…

A: Coagulation is a series of processes resulting in the cessation of bleeding at a wound or injury.

Q: Describe the arrangement and function of lipids in the RBC membrane.

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Q: Explain the HMP shunt pathway and its significance

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Q: List all the procoagulant effects of thrombin.

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Q: Trace the formation of an erythrocyte from stem cell precursor to a mature and circulating RBC.

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Q: Thrombin functions in both coagulation and fibrinolysis. Explain.

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Q: True or false, the level of erythropoietin would rise as a consequence of polycythemia?

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A: There are two pathways of blood clotting, Intrinsic Pathway and Extrinsic Pathway

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