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The clotting factor of blood is referred to as platelets. When someone's body does not produce enough platelets, their blood may not clot properly.
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What is the medical term meaning fluid portion of the blood in the presence of an anticoagulant?
Plasma is the fluid portion of unclotted blood. After blood clots, the fluid that remains is referred to as serum.
What is EDTA blood used for?
EDTA prevents clotting of blood by chelating calcium. If a certain blood test requires the blood to be unclotted, this is often used. It is the anticoagulant (chemical that prevents blood from clotting) of choice for most hematology tests. In blood cell counts (including Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, and platelets) - EDTA is the preferred anticoagulant. If flow cytometry is needed on blood, it must be unclotted (collected in a tube that has no anticoagulatn)- CD4 counts are tested in this way. If a test needs to identify something in specific cells, e.g. HIV DNA in lymphocytes, then the cells can't be part of a clot, so unclotted blood is used. If plasma is required for a test, EDTA blood may be used (althought EDTA may not be appropriate for some plasma-based tests). Plasma is the liquid part of the blood without cells that has not clotted. Serum is the liquid part of the blood once the clot has formed. Some tests can use both, while other tests need one or the other.
What is the medical term meaning pertaining to lymph?
Lymphadenopathy is the general term for disease of the lymph glands.
What are causes of unexplained loss of blood?
what are causes of unexplained blood loss
The force with which the contract causes blood pressure?
the force with which what the contract causes blood pressure
Which describes the effect or prolonged stress on blood pressure?
It causes blood pressure to increase.
What are the causes of blood diamonds?
Money, mayhem, terrorism and power are all causes of blood diamonds.
What causes oxygen from the water to diffuse into the blood?
the lungs causes oxygen from the water to diffuse into the blood
What does blood contain that causes blood clotting?
Platelets
What causes a blood clot to bust in your head?
blood
Is hemorrhagic anemia a result of blood loss?
No but it causes blood loss as the condition causes internal bleeding
What is Angiotensin I?
It causes narrowing of the small blood vessels in tissues, resulting in an increase in blood pressure
