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The fat-soluble vitamin that is responsible for synthesis of blood clotting factors by the liver is?
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vitamin K
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What is the organ that synthesizes most of the clotting factors?
Liver is responsible for the production of the clotting factors. Liver is the main organ of metabolism.
Do white blood cells initiate the clotting process?
No, platelets and factors in the plasma are responsible for clotting. White blood cells mediate immunity.
What are Proteins C and S?
Proteins C and S are two of the clotting factors that are present in the plasma to help regulate or activate parts of the clotting process
What protein is missing or defective in hemophilia?
The proteins in the blood known as clotting factors!
What are blood clotting proteins?
Proteins involved in the blood clotting process form a barrier to stop the blood loose from injury. there are various blood clotting factors, thrombin, and fibrin are all involved in the biochemical cascade to make the fibrin clot at the end. They generally activated by each other from its precursor protein such as prothrombin, fibrinogen.
What is the organ responsible for the synthesis of clotting factors?
Liver primarily, and the kidneys as well
The fat-soluble vitamin that is responsible for the synthesis of blood-clotting factors by the liver is?
K
What is the organ that synthesizes most of the clotting factors?
Liver is responsible for the production of the clotting factors. Liver is the main organ of metabolism.
What type of cell organelle would be found in hepatocytes in large numbers and be responsible for protein synthesis?
Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), which is covered in ribosomes, is found in abundance in hepatocytes and is responsible for protein synthesis. The reason hepatocytes are rich in RER is because they produce a large amount of proteins, including clotting factors and plasma proteins.
Do white blood cells initiate clotting process?
No, platelets and factors in the plasma are responsible for clotting. White blood cells mediate immunity.
What component of blood is responsible for clotting blood?
The chief plasma component to the clotting of blood is the platelet. The additional components include blood clotting factors.
Do white blood cells initiate the clotting process?
No, platelets and factors in the plasma are responsible for clotting. White blood cells mediate immunity.
How do antibiotics affect blood clotting?
In order for certain clotting factors( factors 2,7,9,and 10) to be synthesized in the liver Vit K must be present. Synthesized with the aide of our normal flora in our intestines, vit K synthesis can be compromised with the introduction of antibiotics that are generally non-discriminative towards bacteria in your body, killing both "good" and "bad" bacteria. Thus without vit k synthesis, necessary clotting factors are not synthesized either and can lead to the inability of your blood to clot as it normally would.
WhatSubstances that provide increased surface for platelet activation are known as?
clotting factors
Are broken capillaries a symptom of alcoholism?
The liver is responsible for a few types of clotting factors and when the liver is diseased (which commonly is caused by alcoholism) it stops making these clotting factors and bleeding is more prevalent. A broken capillary, or a bruise, is a symptom of possible liver damage.
Clotting factors carry out?
yes,they do
How many clotting factors are there?
100
