Mural thrombi are thrombi in______________?

Correct answer: C. Heart chamber

  • A. Vein
  • B. Valve cusp
  • C. Heart chamber
  • D. Arteries

Explanation

A mural thrombus forms along the wall of a heart chamber, commonly in an atrium after atrial fibrillation or over an infarcted ventricular wall. Thrombi attached to valves are vegetations, not mural thrombi.

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