MICROANATOMY

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: -A free-floating blood clot is called a thrombus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Embolism (Em-bo-liz-m) refers to a blood clot (embolus) that has broken off and is floating freely in the blood vessel. It can travel to another area of the body and cause a blockage of a blood vessel.

Detailed explanation-4: -A thrombus is a blood clot that forms in a vein. An embolus is anything that moves through the blood vessels until it reaches a vessel that is too small to let it pass. When this happens, the blood flow is stopped by the embolus. An embolus is often a small piece of a blood clot that breaks off (thromboembolus).

Detailed explanation-5: -A blood clot that forms in a blood vessel in one area of the body, breaks off, and travels to another area of the body in the blood is called an embolus. An embolus can lodge itself in a blood vessel. This can block the blood supply to a particular organ.