MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A blood clot that forms inside one of your veins or arteries is called a thrombus. A thrombus may also form in your heart. A thrombus that breaks loose and travels from one location in the body to another is called an embolus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot, called a thrombus, inside a blood vessel, that blocks the flow of blood through the circulatory system.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thrombophilia Types About 60 to 70 percent of patients who suffer a blood clot have a medical tendency to form blood clots. The tendency toward blood clotting is called thrombophilia. Some types of thrombophilia are inherited genetically. Other thrombophilias are acquired.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thrombosis-blood clotting in an unbroken blood vessel.