APPLICATION OF BLOOD

• le is not the father of a particular child
• Red cell antigens


  Inherited as dominant traits
• By using multiple red cell antigen systems and adding additional studies on other blood types (HLA [human leukocyte antigen], red cell enzymes, and plasma proteins), it is possible to state with a high degree of statistical certainty that a particular male is the father
• The two most important classifications to describe blood types in humans

  • ABO
  • Rhesus factor (Rh factor)
• There are 46 other known types in humans, most of which are rarer than ABO and Rh
• The ABO classified blood into four groups

  • A
  • B
  • AB
  • O
• Rhesus classified blood as

  Positive or negative
• Some uses of the ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups

  • Transfusion
  • Paternity testing
  • Organ transplanting
• Blood transfusion


  Not defined
• Blood group


  Not defined
• Blood type


  Not defined
• The ABO and the Rhesus factor (Rh factor) systems are described
• The various classes of the ABO system are explained
• The various blood groups are differentiated
• Rhesus factor in females of or below childbearing age


  Not defined
• The various uses of ABO and Rhesus Blood Group

  • Not listed
• The importance of the ABO system in organ transplant is explained
• Blood is classified on the basis of blood transfusion


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• Differences between the blood groups AB and O


  Not specified
• Similarity between blood groups AB and B


  Not specified
• The commonness of the blood types

  • Not specified