Heparin Sodium Is an Anticoagulant

question 17

Multiple Choice

Heparin sodium is an anticoagulant.The basic mechanism of heparin's action is best described as:

• A) blocking the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin and fibrinogen to fibrin.
• B) acting as an enzyme by lysing the fibrin-thrombin matrix.
• C) extending the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT).
• D) dissolving and liquefying existing blood clots and thromboemboli.

Understand the regulation of body temperature and the mechanisms of heat production and loss.

Analyze the effects of dietary changes on body weight and composition.

Discuss the significance of enzymes in metabolic processes.

Examine the interconversion of biomolecules and energy in the human body.

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