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When an injury tears open a blood vessel, blood platelts stick to the broken vessel. Fibrinogen gathers on the platelets and changes into a tangled network of fine threads, which in turn catches more platelts and blood cells. The platelets and Fibrinogen cause the blood to clot.
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What is a blood clot that is traveling?
An embolus is a wandering blood clot.
What forms blood clot?
its blood that's got alot of clot
Can a blood clot in your cheek be removed and is a blood clot in your cheek life threatening?
A blood clot in your cheek is life threatening and you would have to have surgery for the clot to be removed.
A stationary blood clot is called?
stationary clot is called a thrombus or a blood clot.
What does thrombus mean in medical terms?
Thrombus in medical terms means blood clot.
What is a blot clot?
it is a blood clot
Blood fails to clot in the absence?
blood does clot and so can your arteries it will clot if you will have a major accident...
What works to clot blood?
it is a dinosaur thatoughs up blood and forms a blood clot
What is the medical terminology Combining form meaning blood clot?
Thrombo- (Greek = "blood clot") is the word-forming element that is used meaning blood clot. thrombophlebitis: blood clot + vein + inflammation thrombocyte: blood clot + cell (aka platelet) thrombocytopenia: blood clot + cell + lacking (low platelet count)
Is a blood clot a circulatory disorder?
A blood clot can be a circulatory disorder, if it forms in an inappropriate place. For example, a blood clot in the large veins of the legs is a circulatory disorder. In the case of a blood clot that functions to stop a broken blood vessel, the clot is part of the normal human physiology.
What is a blood clot in the ateries leading to the brain?
A blood clot in an artery is an aneurysm.
What is required to clot a blood?
If you mean a good kind of blood clot, Vitamin K is required. If you mean bad blood clot, I don't know.
