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Difference Between Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets
There are two classes of antithrombotic drugs: anticoagulants and antiplatelet drugs. Anticoagulants slow down clotting, thereby reducing fibrin forma...
Difference Between Sinusoids and Capillaries
Sinusoids refer to the small, irregularly-shaped blood vessels found in certain organs, especially the liver, while capillaries refer to any of the fi...
Difference Between Oxygenated and Deoxygenated Hemoglobin
There are two states of hemoglobin: oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin. The key difference between oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin is that ...
Difference Between O Positive and O Negative
O Positive: The O blood type that contains the Rh factor/antigen D on the surface of the red blood cells is referred to as O positive. O Negative: The...
Difference Between Erythrocytes Leukocytes and Thrombocytes
What are erythrocytes leukocytes and thrombocytes?What are the differences between erythrocytes and leukocytes?What is the difference between red and ...
Difference Between ABO and Rh Blood Grouping System
One difference between the Rhesus system and the ABO group system is that Rh negative people don't usually possess antibodies against RhD (unless they...
Difference Between Invasive and Noninvasive Blood Pressure
What is invasive and noninvasive blood pressure?What is the difference between IBP and NIBP?How do you measure non-invasive blood pressure?How is inva...
Difference Between Cell and Corpuscles
The key difference between cell and corpuscles is that cell is the basic unit of life while corpuscles are the cells that are free-floating in the blo...
Difference Between Hemocyanin and Hemoglobin
Whereas hemoglobin carries its iron atoms in porphyrin rings (heme groups), the copper atoms of hemocyanin are bound as prosthetic groups coordinated ...