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Right Ventricle
Pulmonary Valve
Body
Lungs
Left Ventricle
Bicuspid Valve
Left Atrium
Arterioles Strongest of the Small branches of blood vessels arteries Carry blood away Aorta from the heart Takes blood from the Under high pressure heart to the body Vasoconstriction Coronary arteries
Vasodilation
Venules
Small vessels formed when capillaries merge
Carbon dioxide and other waste products pass out of a body cell into a capillary
Circulation
Pulmonary circuit
right atrium right ventricle pulmonary artery trunk pulmonary arteries lungs pulmonary veins heart (left atrium)
Systemic circuit
left atrium left ventricle aorta arteries arterioles capillaries venules veins vena cava heart (right atrium)
FETAL CIRCULATION
By the third month of development, all major blood vessels are present and functioning. Fetus must have blood flow to placenta. Resistance to blood flow is high in lungs.
UMBILICAL CIRCULATION
Pair of umbilical arteries carry deoxygenated blood & wastes to placenta. Umbilical vein carries oxygenated blood and nutrients from the placenta.
THE PLACENTA
Facilitates gas and nutrient exchange between maternal and fetal blood. The blood itself does not mix.
FORAMEN OVALE
Blood is shunted from right atrium to left atrium, skipping the lungs. More than one-third of blood takes this route. Is a valve with two flaps that prevent back-flow.
DUCTUS ARTERIOUSUS
The blood pumped from the right ventricle enters the pulmonary trunk. Most of this blood is shunted into the aortic arch through the ductus arteriousus.
Foramen ovale
Ductus arteriousus
Closes shortly after birth, fuses completely in first year. Closes soon after birth, becomes ligamentum arteriousum in about 3 months. Ligamentum venosum