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*** The upper portion is quite translucent and resembles chicken fat.

*** The upper portion is quite translucent and resembles chicken fat.

*** The lower portion is intensely red and resembles redcurrant jelly.

*** The lower portion is intensely red and resembles redcurrant jelly.

* Care must be taken to differentiate between post-mortem clotting of blood and ante-mortem [[Thrombosis - Pathology#Introduction|thrombi]].

* Care must be taken to differentiate between post-mortem clotting of blood and ante-mortem [[Thrombosis#Introduction|thrombi]].

** In post-mortem clotting, there is no damage to the inner surface of the vessel and the clot can easily be removed.  

** In post-mortem clotting, there is no damage to the inner surface of the vessel and the clot can easily be removed.  

** A thrombus is not easily removed from the underlying vascular endothelium.

** A thrombus is not easily removed from the underlying vascular endothelium.