Hemostasis - more details than you need to know but a good visual on blood clot formation
Hemostasis overview
1. What are the 3 major steps of hemostasis?
2. What is the goal of each step?
Few more details of hemostasis - Pay close attention to the "Coagulation Cascade" section of this article. And have your book handy to help answer the following questions.
1. Coagulation is the 3rd step of hemostasis. The coagulation phase can also be broken down into 3 phases. What is the goal of each stage?
2. Where are prothrombin and fibrinogen made? Are they present in plasma all of the time or only when hemostasis is triggered? Why is this important? (hint there are 2 reasons why this is important.)
3. Explain the functions of thrombin.
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| Hemostasis |
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| 3 steps of Coagulation |
What are the types of white blood cells and their functions?
Rh factor and pregnancy
Use the following videos to enhance your understanding of the material you read in your book.
Blood Type Video
blood video part 1
blood video part 2
Heart video part 1
Heart Video part 2
Blood Vessels part 1
Dissection of heart fresh sheep heart
Dissection of human heart from cadaver Begins in body so don't watch if you might be squeamish. :)
Interactive heart by wisc- online visit this site!
Innerbody Heart
Module 11 Slide Presentation - Helpful questions in "note" section of some slides.
HomeScienceTools Sheep Heart Dissection
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| Sheep heart |
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| Long diagonal red line follows the coronary arty divides the left ventricle on the right from the right ventricle (on the left) |
The picture on the left shows the internal anatomy of the sheep heart. Notice the thick muscular wall of the left ventricle, papillary muscles, and chordae tendinae.
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