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    The document describes the fetal circulation system, including the foramen ovale which allows blood to flow from the right atrium to the left atrium, the ductus venosus which shunts blood from the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava, and the ductus arteriosus which shunts blood from the pulmonary trunk away from the lungs to the aortic arch, allowing most blood to bypass the lungs which have minimal blood flow and the liver, so that oxygenated blood from the placenta can be distributed via the umbilical vein, umbilical arteries and internal iliac arteries for general systemic circulation.

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    The document describes the fetal circulation system, including the foramen ovale which allows blood to flow from the right atrium to the left atrium, the ductus venosus which shunts blood from the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava, and the ductus arteriosus which shunts blood from the pulmonary trunk away from the lungs to the aortic arch, allowing most blood to bypass the lungs which have minimal blood flow and the liver, so that oxygenated blood from the placenta can be distributed via the umbilical vein, umbilical arteries and internal iliac arteries for general systemic circulation.

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    Fetal Circulation

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    Mark James Melendres
    The document describes the fetal circulation system, including the foramen ovale which allows blood to flow from the right atrium to the left atrium, the ductus venosus which shunts blood from the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava, and the ductus arteriosus which shunts blood from the pulmonary trunk away from the lungs to the aortic arch, allowing most blood to bypass the lungs which have minimal blood flow and the liver, so that oxygenated blood from the placenta can be distributed via the umbilical vein, umbilical arteries and internal iliac arteries for general systemic circulation.

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    MELENDRES, Mark James I.

    BSN- 2, Blk 3

    FETAL CIRCULATION

    Right Atrium

    Foramen Ovale

    An opening in interatrial septum that permits some blood to flow directly into the left atrium

    Inferior Vena Cava


    A shunt that permits most blood to bypass the fetal liver so as to directly enter the inferior vena cava and then the right atrium.

    HEART
    Right Atrium Left
    Ventricle

    Lungs
    Minimal blood flow

    Ductus Venosus

    AORTA
    A vessel that shunts blood from the pulmonary trunk, Ductus away from the pulmonary Arteriosus circuit , into the aortic arch

    Umbilical Vein

    Transports oxygenated, nutrient-rich blood from placenta to the liver

    General Systemic Circulation

    PLACENTA

    Umbilical Arteries

    Internal Iliac Arteries

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