EXAM 3: NUR100 / NUR 100 (LATEST 2024 / 2025 UPDATE) PHARMACOLOGY | GUIDE WITH QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADE A – FORTIS

EXAM 3: NUR100 / NUR 100 (LATEST 2024 / 2025 UPDATE) PHARMACOLOGY | GUIDE WITH QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADE A – FORTIS hemostasis is a general term for any process that stops bleeding this can be accomplished by either mechanical or surgical mechanical or surgical means when hemostasis occurs as a result of the physiological clotting of blood, it is called coagulation, which is the process of blood clot formation the technical term for a blood clot is a thrombus a thrombus that is not stationary but moved through blood vessels is called an embolus normal hemostasis inlvolves the complex interaction of substances that promote clot formation and substances that either inhbiits coagulation or dissolve the formed clot substances that promote coagulation include prostacyclin, , antithrombonin III, and proteins C and S in addition , tissue plasmonigen activator (t-PA) is a nautral substance that dissolves clots that are already formed the coagulation system is acalled a cascade (or coagulation cascade) because each activated clotting factor serves as a catalyst that amplifies the next reaction the result is a large concernatration of a clot forming substance called fibrin once a clot is formed and fibrin is present the fibrinolytic system is activated this system initiates the breakdown of clots and serves to balance the clotting process hemophilia is a rare genetic disorder in which the previously mentioned natural coagulation and homeostasis factors are limited or absent hemophilia is categorized into two main types, depe