In addition to type A, B, and O, there is type AB. This blood type is the rarest of the four.
If your ABO blood type is AB, you could potentially give blood to individuals with blood types A, B, AB, and O, as long as there are no other significant blood type incompatibilities. The AB blood type is known as the universal plasma donor because it lacks ABO antibodies in the plasma.
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Ia Ib
In the ABO system, it is O blood type that contains no surface antigens.
ABO and Rh
I disagree with the nurse's statement that a person can't have the blood type ABO. The ABO blood group system consists of four main blood types: A, B, AB, and O, which are determined by the presence or absence of specific antigens on the surface of red blood cells. Therefore, individuals can indeed have one of these four blood types, which are all part of the ABO system.
The ABO blood types are controlled by specific alleles of the ABO gene. These alleles determine the presence or absence of antigens on the surface of red blood cells, which in turn determines an individual's blood type (A, B, AB, or O).
Yes, glycolipids and glycoproteins play a crucial role in determining ABO blood type. The ABO blood group system is defined by the presence or absence of specific carbohydrate antigens on the surface of red blood cells, which are part of glycolipids and glycoproteins. Specifically, the A and B antigens are variations of these carbohydrate structures, which determine an individual's blood type as A, B, AB, or O. Therefore, the composition of these molecules is key to the ABO blood typing system.
ABO
An individual with type O blood can theoretically donate blood to recipients of all ABO types. This is because type O blood lacks A and B antigens on the surface of red blood cells, making it universally acceptable without triggering an immune response in recipients with A, B, AB, or O blood types. As a result, type O is often referred to as the universal donor.
Type A, is this from the Blood Basics Quiz? I hate that thing.
it would be type AB.