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Orlando Zieme
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What is a blood clot that stays fixed at the vessel?
A fixed blood clot is called an embolus.
What is an unneeded blood clot that stays in the place where it was formed?
Thrombus
What is the difference between a thrombus and an embolus?
Thrombus: A fibrinous clot that forms in and obstructs a blood vessel, or that forms in one of the chambers of the heart. (It stays in one place) Embolus: A mass, such as an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body, that travels through the bloodstream and lodges so as to obstruct or occlude a blood vessel
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 forms blood clot?
its blood that's got alot of clot
What is the medical term meaning a clot that forms inside a blood vessel or the heart?
A thrombus is a clot that forms inside a vessel or the heart.
What works to clot blood?
it is a dinosaur thatoughs up blood and forms a blood clot
When clot forms what does fibrin convert to?
fibrin molecules converting them into an insoluble meshwork - the clot
A stationary blood clot is called?
stationary clot is called a thrombus or a blood clot.
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 forms a sticky net in a blood clot?
platelets!!
What is the relationship between a clot and a scab?
you cant have a scab without a clot, the clot forms when the blood coagulates (becomes thick and basically fills the hole, over time the scab forms and uses the clot like scaffolding to fill the gap with new cells, when its done falls off.
