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Why is the ability of your blood to clot important to your survival?
Blood clotting is essential in preventing excessive bleeding when you are injured. It helps to seal off the damaged blood vessel and promote healing. Without the ability to clot, you could potentially bleed to death from even minor injuries.
What is the clumping of blood known as?
The clumping of blood is known as a blood clot. :)
What is the process where bleeding is stopped?
The process of stopping bleeding is called hemostasis. It involves vasoconstriction (narrowing of blood vessels), formation of a platelet plug, and activation of the coagulation cascade to form a blood clot. Once the clot is formed, it helps seal the injured blood vessel and prevent further blood loss.
What is the medical term meaning stationary clot in an unbroken vessel?
thrombosisThrombus.a blood clotA blood clot that is attached to a vessel wall is a thrombus, A drifting blood clot is an embolus
What will happen if platelets will be not there in the body be?
Whenever a blood vessel is injured, platelets accumulate at the site of injury and help in formation of a blood clot. The clot seals the wound in the blood vessel and prevents blood loss. But if all the blood platelets are removed from blood, blood will not clot and there will be a lot of blood loss.It may even lead to the death of the person
What is a blood clot that stays fixed at the vessel?
A fixed blood clot is called an embolus.
What is the definition for blockage of blood vessel?
CLOT
What is the medical term meaning inflammation of a blood vessel without the formation of a clot?
Phlebitis is the medical term meaning inflammation of a blood vessel. (Thrombophlebitis is the medical term meaning inflammation of a blood vessel with a clot.)
what is a blood clot that shuts off a vessel?
A thrombus may, or may not, block the flow of blood in a vessel.
The sudden blockage of a blood vessel by an embolous is known as an?
blood clot
What is a free floating clot in a blood vessel?
Embolus.
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.
