2007-01-01 09:25:24 · 9 answers · asked by B@bii Gur1 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
embolus = clot
emboli = two or more clots
2007-01-01 09:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In medicine, an embolism occurs when an object (the embolus, plural emboli) migrates from one part of the body (through circulation) and cause(s) a blockage (occlusion) of a blood vessel in another part of the body.
This can be contrasted with a "thrombus" which is the formation of a clot within a blood vessel, rather than being carried from elsewhere.
Blood clots form the most common embolic material by far: other possible embolic materials include fat globules (a fat embolism), air bubbles (an air embolism), septic emboli (containing pus and bacteria), or amniotic fluid.
2007-01-01 14:12:08 · answer #2 · answered by Potato C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emboli is the plural of embolus, a word that comes from the Greek "embolos" meaning a wedge or plug. "Embolos" was derived from "en" (in) + "ballein" (to throw) so emboli are something thrown in.
Emboli: Something that travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a blood vessel and blocks it. Examples of emboli are a detached blood clot, a clump of bacteria, and foreign material such as air.
2007-01-01 11:37:12 · answer #3 · answered by meekaila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in nursing school we were taught about blood clots intensively.
An emboli is a single blood clot that may develop in a leg and travel to the lungs for example. We always referred to it a a clot with a suitcase.
2007-01-01 14:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by dcricket23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emboli are plural. the singluar is embolus.
An embolus is a thrombus that has broken loose. A thrombus is stationary,an ambolus is mobile. If it travels to the heart or lungs, or brain it could be fatal.
2007-01-01 09:34:40 · answer #5 · answered by howlettlogan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
more specificlly, they typically refer to clots that have moved from one point to another. A Thombisis is a stationary clot that becomes and embolus when it, or a piece of it, breaks free and moves through the blood vessels.
2007-01-01 09:29:18 · answer #6 · answered by Medic_13 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An air buble in the artery , it's not a GOOD THING
2007-01-01 09:28:08 · answer #7 · answered by rhiannonnightqueen 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=15687
2007-01-01 09:27:28 · answer #8 · answered by Yanks4Life23519 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BLOOD CLOTS
2007-01-01 12:49:12 · answer #9 · answered by Hannahbelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋