For teaching strategies to be included on this list, they had to: 1  Be supported by hard research, instead of anecdotal case studies or untested theories. 2  Have a substantially higher effect on student results than other teaching strategies. 3  Be able to be used on a wide range of subjects and in every year level.
Prothrombin. Prothrombin is a blood-clotting protein. Injury to a blood vessel produces a signal which triggers the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin. Thrombin is a protein which plays a central role in provoking the assembly of other proteins to form the blood clot.rothrombin consumption test a test to measure the formation of intrinsic thromboplastin by determining the residual serum prothrombin after blood clotting is complete.
Prothrombin gene mutation: A form of inherited thrombophilia caused by a mutation in the gene for the blood clotting protein called prothrombin. Pulmonary embolism: A blood clot forms in the deep veins of the legs or other locations and then travels to the lung.