When a part of a thrombus breaks off, it is referred to as ________.

A. an embolus
B. a clot
C. a thrombus
D. agglutination
E. hemostasis


Answer: A

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

If the patient's systolic blood pressure is above ____ mmHg, then pharmacologic treatments can be attempted prior to moving to electrical treatments.

A. 20 B. 30 C. 60 D. 90

Health Professions

Eversion and inversion are demonstrated by numbers 


A. 3 and 6.
B. 1 and 2.
C. 4 and 5.
D. 2 and 4.

Health Professions

After which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain and the United States begin to train and employ allied health professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery?

a. Civil War b. Revolutionary War c. Vietnam War d. World War II

Health Professions

Which of the following medications is a calcium channel blocker?

A) Lanoxin B) Cardizem C) Tenormin D) Capoten

Health Professions