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A blood clot on the lung is called an emboli. The term embolus means the process of forming emboli.
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What is a traveling blood clot called?
An embolism.
What is a blood clot that is traveling?
An embolus is a wandering blood clot.
What is the name of the blood clot circulating in the blood stream?
A Circulating clot is referred to as an embolism.
The blockage of a vessel by an embolus?
A blockage of a blood vessel is caused by a clot called a thrombus. If that clot breaks free and travels through the blood vessels then it is called a embolus.
What is a clotting cell called?
a circulating blood clot is called an embolism.
Foreign object circulating in the blood is?
An embolus is a foreign object, such as a blood clot or bit of tissue or tumor, that is circulating in the blood.
What is a blood clot that stays fixed at the vessel?
A fixed blood clot is called an embolus.
What is the difference between an embolus and embolism?
An embolus is a physical mass (fat, air, blood clot, etc) which can travel to a different location in the arteries. An embolism is when an embolus actually blocks a capillary. A thrombus is a physical mass which remains attached to it's site of origin. A thrombus may detach to become a thrombo-embolus which may then cause an embolism.
What is thrombo embolism?
A thrombus is a blood clot. It is attached to the wall of the blood vessel. If it dislodges to flow thru the blood stream then the blood clot is called an embolus. Oftentimes the terms 'blood clot and thrombus' are used interchangeably clinically. However, it is important to note that a 'clot' is the result of the coagulation cascade (e.g. such that it can occur in a vial), while a thrombus refers to BOTH the coagulation cascade occurring AND the aggregation of platelets on the side of a vessel.
What is a mass of undissolved matter lodged in a blood vessel?
An embolus is a circulating blood clot.An embolus is a mass of undissolved matter in the blood.
What is a roving blood clot called?
Embolism
What is blood clot that is moving through the body called?
embolus
