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Whether a person with blood type A should or should not donate blood to a person with blood type AB.
Introduction:
Erythrocytes are generally known as red blood cells or RBCs. The plasma membrane of an erythrocyte has many molecules called surface antigens or agglutinogens. These surface antigens project from the plasma membrane surface. The ABO blood group is the most commonly identified group of antigens, which are A and B surface antigens. The ABO surface antigens on erythrocytes are accompanied by specific antibodies or agglutinins that travel in the blood plasma. The ABO blood group has both anti-A and anti-B antibodies that react with the surface antigen A and the surface antigen B, respectively.
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Chapter 21 Solutions
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- A person with O blood type is transfused with type A blood. What happens? Why? What constitutes a universal donor and a universal recipient? What happens when blood from a universal recipient is transfused to universal donor? Why there is no universal donor or universal recipient anymore?arrow_forwardExplain why a person with Blood Type A+ cannot donate the blood to a person with Type O+.arrow_forwardWhy blood type AB is said to be the universal recipient and blood type o as universal donor?arrow_forward
- Why is a person with type AB blood able to receive a blood transfusion from a donor with any of the major blood types (A, B, AB, and O) but is able to donate blood only to another type AB individual?arrow_forwardExplain whether the B and A blood types could be accepted by a person with type O blood. Match the words in the left column to the appropriate blanks in the sentences on the right. can would not would cannot Type B . be accepted by type O because the person with type O blood . recognize type B as foreign ............ Type A . be accepted by type O because the person with type O blood . recognize type A as foreign. IF YOU 100 % SURE THEN U TRY .ITS MY LAST POSTING WRONG ANSWER = THUMBS DOWN ..arrow_forwardMs. Wu, whose blood type is O-, requires a blood transfusion.Her family members volunteer to donate blood. Their blood types are as follows: her son, type B-; her husband, type B+; her daughter, type O+. Which family members could safely donate blood to Ms. Wu? Who could not? Explain.arrow_forward
- What is special about the Type AB blood type?arrow_forwardGive the genotypes of each of the following blood types: A, B, O, AB. What happens when a person with type A gives blood to a per-son with type B? With type AB? With type O?arrow_forwardJill has a son named Jack. She claims that James is the father. James denies this. Jill has Type A blood. Jack has Type O blood. James has Type B blood. Based on this information, what would a court decide on this problem?arrow_forward
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