Thrombosis / Clotting

Thrombus

  • Solid material formed from constiuents in flowing blood
  • (A blood clot inside a blood vessel when the patient is alive)
  • Function of platelets + clotting cascade

Factors contributing to thrombosis (Virchow's triad)

  1. Wall
  2. Flow
  3. Constituents 

Clot

  • Solid material formed from constituents of stationary blood
  • Primarily function of clotting cascade