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Fetal Circulation and Physiology- Topic 8 Flashcards

1
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In the fetus, what organs do not function until birth?

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Lungs
Kidneys
GI Tract

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2
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How does the fetus obtain oxygen and nutrients?

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Via diffusion form the maternal blood

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3
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How are wastes and CO2 eliminated in fetal circulation?

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Via diffusion into the maternal blood

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4
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How does exchange occur in fetal circulation?

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Via the placenta, inside the uterus, attached to baby via the umbilical cord

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5
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Placenta

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way of communication between mother nad baby

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6
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Umbilical Artery

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carries blood away from the fetus to the placenta; carries wastes and CO2/ low O2 content

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7
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Umbilical Vein

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carries blood from the placenta to the fetus; carries nutrients and O2; high O2 cotent

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8
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Fetal capillaries

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umbilical arteries and veins branch into these capillaries located inside the intervillous spaces in the placenta

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9
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Intervillous spaces

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spaces filled with maternal blood from uterine arterioles; drained by uterine veins

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10
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The placenta communicates with the mother’s cardiovascular system via what structure?

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Uterine blood vessles

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11
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Wastes diffuse out of the capillaries into what spaces?

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Intervillous spaces, containing maternal blood in the placenta

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12
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Nutrients travel from mother’s blood vessels to hte intervillous space via what structure?

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uterine arteries; diffuse from intevillous spaces into the fetal capillaries

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13
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The concentration of hemoglobin in fetal blood is what percent higher than maternal blood

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50%

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14
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Fetal hemoglobin has a _________(greater/lower) affinity for oxygen than maternal blood?

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Greater

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15
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Fetal hemoglobin can carry what percent more oxygen?

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30-35%

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16
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Is there direct mixing of maternal and fetal blood?

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NO

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17
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Rogam Shot

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attenuates the response of the Rh - mother against the Rh + baby

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18
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How many mls o2/min extracted?

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20-30 mL

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19
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Placental circulation has low or high resistance?

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Very low resistance

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20
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When does the fetus make components of complement? (the start of immunological competence)

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Late first trimester

21
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Fetal Immunoglobin Type

22
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When are immunoglobulins transported from mother to fetus?

A

At about 14 weeks; provides passive immunity

23
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When do newborns reach adult levels of IgG produced?

24
Q

When does the placenta produce enough progesterone to support pregnancy, should corpus leuteum fail?

25
Q

Placenta continues to produce what estrogenic hormone?

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Estriol, which rises until the end of pregnancy

26
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Blood passes from the fetus to the placenta via what?

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2 umbilical arteries; branch of the internal iliac arteries

27
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Whats the saturation of the umbilical arteries?

28
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Oxygenated blood is what saturation?

29
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Oxygenated blood returns from the placenta via what?

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1 umbilical vein

30
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Oxygenated blood returning from the placenta goes to the liver of the fetus where it divides into what 2 branches?

A

Joins hepatic portal vein –> Liver (1/3)
Ductus venosus –> IVC (2/3)
*Sphincter mechanism in ductus tat controls blood flow through the liver

31
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In the IVC, oxygenated blood via the ductus venosus meets deoxygenated blood form the lower body. Sat falls to what percent?

32
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What are the fetal lungs filled with?

A

Fetal lung fluid

33
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Are the fetal lungs used to oxygenate blood?

34
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What does the liquid in the fetal lungs do?

A

Increases pulmonary vascular restitance to blood flow

35
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Most fetal blood does not go from the RV to lungs. Instead, it passes through what?

A

Foramen ovale

36
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Foramen Ovale

A

Hole between the right and left atria

37
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Blood entering from the IVC is guided toward the foramen ovale to where?

38
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Pulmonary vascular resistance is so high that what percent of this blood bypasses hte pulmonary arteries?

39
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What are the 3 shunts present in the fetal circulation that normal close after birth?

A

Ductus Arteriosus
Formane Ovale
Ductus Venosus

40
Q

When does complete closure of the umbilical arteries?

A

2-3 months

41
Q

Autopsy shows what percent prevalence of PFO?

42
Q

When does the ductus arteriosus start to close? How long does it take?

A

Via vasoconstriction immediately after birth; takes about 1-2 days to close in a full term infant

43
Q

How long does complete obliteration of the lumen take?

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1-3 months

44
Q

Umbilical Arteries become what?

A

Medial Umbilical Ligaments

45
Q

Vein becomes?

A

Ligamentum Teres (Round ligament)

46
Q

Ductus Venosus becomes what?

A

Ligamentum Venosum

47
Q

Foramen Ovale becomes what?

A

Fossa Ovalis

48
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Ductus Arteriosus becomes what?

A

Ligamentum Arteriosum

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