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A clot that has dislodged into the vascular system is called an embolism. When you fracture a long bone you run the risk of fat from the bone marrow becoming dislodged into your blood vessels and forming a fat embolism.
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∙ 11y agoBlood clot's occur in damaged vessels. If something isn't medicaly checked asapm, you can have a heart attack or sroke.
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What forms as a fracture heals?
Bleeding occurs at the fracture site and a blood clot forms.
How does it take for a fracture to heal?
Platelets form a clot on it and forms a scab but if it doesn't work properly it can cause an embolism when the clot moves ad they can't move through blood vessels
What is the difference between a fracture hematoma and a hematoma?
A hematoma is a mass of clotted blood that forms at an injury site. A fracture hematoma is a clot resulting from a break in a blood vessel within the bone, the marrow space, the periosteum, or the surrounding tissue associated with a bone fracture.
What forms blood clot?
its blood that's got alot of clot
What works to clot blood?
it is a dinosaur thatoughs up blood and forms a blood clot
What is normally found at a fracture hematoma?
Dead bone, Bone fragments and blood clot
What forms a sticky net in a blood clot?
platelets!!
Is a blood clot a circulatory disorder?
A blood clot can be a circulatory disorder, if it forms in an inappropriate place. For example, a blood clot in the large veins of the legs is a circulatory disorder. In the case of a blood clot that functions to stop a broken blood vessel, the clot is part of the normal human physiology.
What is the medical term meaning a clot that forms inside a blood vessel or the heart?
A thrombus is a clot that forms inside a vessel or the heart.
The first major event of fracture healing?
Hematoma formation (when blood rushes from the broken vessels to form a clot) is the first step of fracture healing.
What forms clotting?
its blood that's got alot of clot
what is the definition for thrombus?
A thrombus is a blood clot that forms in the circulatory system and remains where it forms rather than circulating in the blood.
