Hematology

Blood Transplantation, Thrombosis and Hemostasis

The umbilical cord is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta. The umbilical vein supplies the fetus with  nutrient-rich blood from the placenta. Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. The hemostatic is a process which causes bleeding to stop, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel this is the first stage of wound healing.