What is it called when plaque dislodges from a lesion in a blood vessel wall and then moves “downstream” to lodge in the capillary bed feeding the digestive tract? We call this a:
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D: Mesenteric because the membrane surrounding the gut is the mesentery. An embolism is a dislodged blood clot that eventually gets trapped in a capillary.
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