The nurse is caring for a patient who needs a blood transfusion. The patient has been tested and was found to have blood type O. The nurse knows this means that which antigen is present on the surface of the red blood cells?
a. The type A antigen is present.
b. The type B antigen is present.
c. Neither type A nor type B antigens are present.
d. Both type A and type B antigens are present.
C
When neither A nor B antigens are present, the blood group is type O. When the type A antigen is present, the blood group is type A. When the type B antigen is present, the blood group is type B. When both A and B antigens are present, the blood group is type AB.
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