Anatomy Lab Practical Three- Blood Typing

Blood types, what they mean, RH typing.

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Antigens
Cellular name tags that tell your body what is your blood and what is foreign blood
Antibodies
Interact with foreign blood to kill
Type A Blood
A antigens on cell
anti-B antibodies in bloodstream
Type B Blood
B antigens on cell
anti-A antibodies in blood
Type AB
A and B antigens on cell
no antibodies
Type O
No antigens on cell
anti-A and anti-B antibodies
RH positive
Contains D antigens
RH negative
Does not contain a D antigen
Hemolytic disease
Newborn's blood attacked by mother's
Dosage of anti RH antibodies
Rhogam
Hematocrit
-determines the volume of packed elements in a blood
sample
-oxygen carrying capacity of the blood