Circulatory Disorders: Thrombosis, Embolism, and More

What is the term for the formation of a compact mass composed of the elements of the circulating blood inside a vessel or heart cavity during life?

What is the name of the triad that lists the causes of thrombosis?

What is the term for a thrombus in an inflamed vein?

What is the complication of a septic thrombus?

What is the process by which a thrombus breaks loose and circulates in the blood to a site distant from its point of origin?

What is the term for the transformation of fibrinogen into fibrin?

What is the term for a thrombus that forms over a myocardial infarct?

What is the term for the Cacefication of venous thrombi?

What is the term for the impaction of an embolus in a blood vessel?

What type of embolus occurs when a piece of fat breaks off and enters the bloodstream?

What is the term for thrombosis in an non inflamed vein?

What is the term for a thrombus that forms over Cardiac valves?

What is the missing factor at the apex of the triangle of thrombosis?

What is the main difference between thrombophlebitis and phlebothrombosis?

What is a complication of thrombophlebitis?

What is the type of thrombophlebitis that occurs as a result of appendicitis?

Circulatory Disorders

Thrombosis

Formation of a compact mass composed of the elements of the circulating blood inside a vessel or heart cavity during life.
Causes of thrombosis: Virchow's triad
- Endothelial injury
- Alteration in normal blood flow
- Hypercoagulability

Classification of Thrombi

By color: pale, red, and mixed
By size: non-occlusive, occlusive, and propagating thrombi
By type: septic or aseptic
By site: arterial, cardiac, and venous thrombi

Thrombophlebitis and Phlebothrombosis

Thrombophlebitis: thrombus in an inflamed vein
Phlebothrombosis: thrombus in a non-inflamed vein
Thrombophlebitis is less common and more likely to cause septic thromboembolism
Phlebothrombosis is more common and occurs in calf veins, especially in heart failure and varicose veins

Fate and Complications of Thrombi

Propagation
Embolization
Dissolution (in recent thrombi)
Organization and recanalization (in older thrombi)
Calcification of venous thrombi (phlebolith)

Embolism

-definition: impaction of an embolus in a blood vessel
Types of emboli:
- Fat emboli
- Gas embolism
- Tumor emboli
- Foreign body emboli
- Amniotic fluid emboli

This quiz covers various circulatory disorders, including thrombosis, embolism, ischemia, edema, gangrene, and shock, with a focus on Virchow's triad and its causes.