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How many umbilical vessels are there usually?
2 umbilical arteries
1 umbilical vein
Path of umbilical artery
Internal iliac artery to Placenta
After birth, umbilical arteries become
Medial umbilical ligaments
Role of umbilical artery
Blood flows from fetus to placenta
High/low Flow and Resistance in placenta?
High flow, Low resistance
High/low Flow and Resistance in lungs?
High resistance, Low flow
Path of umbilical vein
Placenta to liver/portal vein and ductus venosus to IVC
After birth, umbilical vein becomes
Ligamentum teres
Role of ductus venosus
Shunt oxygenated blood from UmbV to IVC (to heart and rest of body)
After birth, ductus venosus becomes
Ligamentum venosum
Role of foramen ovale
Shunt mixed/oxygenated blood from Right heart to Left heart to bypass the lungs and to the baby’s body
After birth, foramen ovale becomes
Fossa ovalis
Which closes first, foramen ovale or ductus arteriosus?
Foramen ovale (soon after birth) Ductus arteriosus (approx 2 days)
Role of ductus arteriosus
Shunt mixed/oxygenated blood from Pulmonary Artery to the Aorta to bypass the lungs
After birth, ductus arteriosus becomes
Ligamentum arteriosum
Ductus arteriosus constricts/closes due to which 2 factors;
High O2 and Low prostaglandins
Fetal pulmonary circulation has high resistance due to
Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction
After birth, umbilical vessels have high/low Flow and Resistance?
High resistance (vessels constrict) and hence low flow
Why does foramen ovale close
First breath leads to reduced pressure of Right heart and increased pressure of Left heart
Drug to keep holes patent (maintains patency)
Prostaglandins
Drug to close holes
Indomethacin (PGE2 antagonist NSAID)
Hence you don’t give pregnant women NSAIDs as they can cause premature closure
List the 3 Acyanotic > Obstructive conditions
Coarctation of Aorta
Aortic stenosis
Pulmonary stenosis
List the 4 Acyanotic > L to R Shunt conditions
Atrial septal defect
Ventricular septal defect
Patent ductus arteriosus
Atrioventricular septal defect
Septal defects are acyanotic or cyanotic
Acyanotic