Blood groups

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Jalen Durant

Cards (16)

  • universal recipient
    AB
  • Why is AB the universal recipient?
    no antibodies to attack the donated blood
  • universal donor
    O
  • Why is O the universal donor?
    no antigens on the RBC for the recipients antibodies to attack
  • antigen
    protein on the RBC's plasma membrane; determines blood type
  • antibodies
    protein in the plasma that binds to a specific antigen
  • agglutination
    antibodies bond to antigens and cause blood to clump and RBCs to rupture
  • anti-A binds to
    A antigen
  • Type A has ________ antigen(s)
    A
  • Type B has ________ antigen(s)
    B
  • Type AB has ________ antigen(s)
    A and B
  • Type O has ________ antigen(s)
    no
  • Type A has ________ antibodies
    anti-B
  • Type B has ________ antibodies
    anti-A
  • Type AB has ________ antibodies
    no
  • Type O has ________ antibodies
    anti-A and anti-B