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  2. Fetal circulation - Wikipedia

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    Some of the blood entering the right atrium does not pass directly to the left atrium through the foramen ovale, but enters the right ventricle. This blood consists of oxygenated placental blood and deoxygenated blood returning from the fetal circulation. [2] This blood is pumped into the pulmonary artery. At the pulmonary artery, it is met ...

  3. Umbilical artery - Wikipedia

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    The umbilical arteries surround the urinary bladder and then carry all the deoxygenated blood out of the fetus through the umbilical cord. Inside the placenta, the umbilical arteries connect with each other at a distance of approximately 5 mm from the cord insertion in what is called the Hyrtl anastomosis. [1] Subsequently, they branch into ...

  4. Umbilical cord - Wikipedia

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    It contains one vein, which carries oxygenated, nutrient-rich blood to the fetus, and two arteries that carry deoxygenated, nutrient-depleted blood away. [6] Occasionally, only two vessels (one vein and one artery) are present in the umbilical cord. This is sometimes related to fetal abnormalities, but it may also occur without accompanying ...

  5. Placenta - Wikipedia

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    Deoxygenated fetal blood passes through umbilical arteries to the placenta. At the junction of umbilical cord and placenta, the umbilical arteries branch radially to form chorionic arteries. Chorionic arteries, in turn, branch into cotyledon arteries. In the villi, these vessels eventually branch to form an extensive arterio-capillary-venous ...

  6. Umbilical vein - Wikipedia

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    The unpaired umbilical vein carries oxygen and nutrient rich blood derived from fetal-maternal blood exchange at the chorionic villi.More than two-thirds of fetal hepatic circulation is via the main portal vein, while the remainder is shunted from the left portal vein via the ductus venosus to the inferior vena cava, eventually being delivered to the fetal right atrium.

  7. Fetus - Wikipedia

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    The fetus obtains oxygen and nutrients from the mother through the placenta and the umbilical cord. [25] Blood from the placenta is carried to the fetus by the umbilical vein. About half of this enters the fetal ductus venosus and is carried to the inferior vena cava, while the other half enters the liver proper from the inferior border of the ...

  8. Single umbilical artery - Wikipedia

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    The vein carries oxygenated blood from the placenta to the baby and the arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the baby to the placenta. In approximately 1% of pregnancies there are only two vessels —usually a single vein and single artery. In about 75% of those cases, the baby is entirely normal and healthy.

  9. Umbilical vessels - Wikipedia

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    Umbilical artery, one of a pair of blood vessels that supply deoxygenated blood from within the fetus to the placenta; Umbilical vein, a blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the placenta into the fetus