Blood Clot

Clot or Blood Clots are a jelly-like mass of blood tissue that stops the flow of blood. Formed by clotting factors and blood cells, clots can stop the flow of blood from an injury or can form inside an artery whose walls are damaged by atherosclerotic plaque buildup. Clots in arteries can cause a heart attack or stroke. A blood clot that forms in a vessel or within the heart and remains there is called a thrombus. A thrombus that travels from the vessel or heart chamber where it formed to another location in the body, is called an embolus, and the disorder, an embolism.

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