What is the relationship between venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli?

What is the relationship between venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli?


Answer:

Emboli: clots of aggregated material (usually blood) that can lodge in a blood vessel and inhibit the blood flow.

Venous thrombosis: blood clot that has formed in the deep veins of the legs.

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