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Aleks04 [339]
3 years ago
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What is the difference between embolus and thrombus

Biology
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ryzh [129]3 years ago
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An embolus is anything which travels through the blood vessels until it reaches a vessel that is too small to let it pass through, and this causes the blood flow to stop.    Basically, a thrombus is the blood clot itself, and the embolus is a fraction of the blood clot which travels through the blood vessels. 
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