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Fetal Circulation

Fetal circulation develops from blood islands containing angioblasts and hemangioblasts that differentiate from embryonic mesoderm. Vascular tubes form a network and connect the blood islands, eventually developing into the umbilical vein and arteries along with three major shunts - the foramen ovale, ductus arteriosus, and ductus venosus - that allow blood to bypass the lungs and circulate between the placenta and fetal organs to exchange gases and nutrients.

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Fetal Circulation

Fetal circulation develops from blood islands containing angioblasts and hemangioblasts that differentiate from embryonic mesoderm. Vascular tubes form a network and connect the blood islands, eventually developing into the umbilical vein and arteries along with three major shunts - the foramen ovale, ductus arteriosus, and ductus venosus - that allow blood to bypass the lungs and circulate between the placenta and fetal organs to exchange gases and nutrients.

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FETAL CIRCULATION

from the embryonic mesoderm

hemangioblasts differentiate into angioblasts

blood vessels and pluripotent stem cells

Together, these cells form blood islands

Extensions known as vascular tubes eventually connect the vascular


network
Placenta
1 umbilical Vein - blood rich in oxygen and nutrients
2 Umbilical Arteries - oxygen-depleted blood

Three major shunt:


 foramen ovale
 ductus arteriosus
 ductus venosus

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