Kosgei and Onyancha collided during a football match and each got bruised. Kosgei’s bruise stopped bleeding after ten minutes while Onyancha’s bruise continued bleeding and...

      

Kosgei and Onyancha collided during a football match and each got bruised. Kosgei’s bruise stopped bleeding after ten minutes while Onyancha’s bruise continued bleeding and he had
to be taken to hospital for treatment.
(a) Explain the process which brought about stoppage of Kosgei’s bleeding
(b) Distinguish between blood clotting and haemagglutination.
(c) Name the disease, that Onyancha could be suffering from.

  

Answers


Kavungya
a) platelets exposed to air rupture on damage tissues to release thromboplastin/(enzyme) /thrombokinase; Thromboplastin neutralizes heparin; and activates prothrombin to thrombin;
throbin activates the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin; which forms meshwork of fibres on the bruised surface;
b) blood clotting is the conversion of soluble blood protein into a mass of tangled threads of
insoluble protein; while haemogglutination is the clumping together of red blood cells;
c)haemophilia;
Kavungya answered the question on June 17, 2019 at 06:42


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