Study Guide Questions (Study first)

Question 1

Umbilical Vein

Answer 1

Carries oxygenated blood from placenta into fetus

Question 2

Umbilical Artery

Answer 2

Carries waste from fetus to the placenta

Question 3

Ligamentum Arteriosus

Answer 3

Connects pulmonary artery to aortic arch

Question 4

Ductus (vas) deferens

Answer 4

Connects the testes to seminal vesicles

Question 5

Ductus Venosus

Answer 5

Connection of umbilical vein. , during 1st postnatal week, degenerates and becomes ligament venosus (fetus)

Question 6

Ligamentum Venosus

Answer 6

Sits inside the live (Adults)

Question 7

Foramen Ovale

Answer 7

Connects from right atria to left atria directly. Allows blood to bypass nonventilated lungs. At birth this becomes the Fossa Ovalis

Question 8

Ductus Arteriosus

Answer 8

Direct connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta in the fetal circulation

(inside ligamentum spinosum)

Question 9

Splenic Vein

Answer 9

Connects spleen to hepatic (liver) portal vein

Question 10

Gastric Vein

Answer 10

Connects stomach to superior mesenteric vein and hepatic portal vein

Question 11

Inferior and Superior Mesenteric Vein

Answer 11

Inferior from Large intestine to splenic vein and superior form small intestine. Joints splenic vein at hepatic postal vein juncture