Clot
Thrombus and blood clot are often used synonymously, but there are key differences:
- a thrombus forms in vivo whereas a clot may form in vivo e.g. clot retention in bladder, or more commonly, in static blood in vitro
- a clot is random arrangement of blood cells enmeshed in fibrin whereas a thrombus has a definitive structure:
- firm, white head with platelets and leukocytes in a fibrin mesh
- randomly arranged, red tail similar in structure to a blood clot
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