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The structure that allows blood to bypass a fetus inmmature liver is called ductus venosus.

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foramen ovale

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The Placenta

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How is the circulation of a different from the circulation of a baby?

in a fetus blood does not reach the lungs for purification. In a baby blood goes to the lungs for oxygenation.


What is the structure in the fetus that allows blood to bypass the lungs?

An valvular hole in the interatrial septum called the foramen ovale.


What organ serves as a respiratory organ for the fetus?

The lungs of the mother breath in the air. The lungs put the oxygen in the red blood cells. The blood flows through the walls of the uterus and through the umbilical cord into the blood stream of the fetus. The venus blood supply returns through a vein in the cord back into the mother and the lungs and the cycle repeats until the cord is cut.


What Structure pushes fetus out of the mother?

The structure that pushes the fetus out of the mother is called the uterus.


How is the circulation of a fetus different a from the circulation of a baby?

in a fetus blood does not reach the lungs for purification. In a baby blood goes to the lungs for oxygenation.


How is the circulations of a fetus different from the circulation of a baby?

in a fetus blood does not reach the lungs for purification. In a baby blood goes to the lungs for oxygenation.


What is pulmonary hypoplasia?

It is the underdevelopment of the lungs in a fetus


What is the last organs to develop in the fetus?

lungs


Why are lungs in fetus inactive?

They need air to operate properly, the fetus develops in fluid until born. The lungs first work shortly after the baby is born.


In the fetus only a small amount of blood travels from the heart to the lungs and back Why is it not necessary to send all the blood to the lungs?

a fetus doesnt require much oxygen in the lungs as it isn't in the air and isn't being breathed in. a fetus aquires oxygen through other processes


What organ serves as a respiratorydigestiveexcretory organ for the fetus?

the placenta


What organ serves as a respiratory digestives excretory organ for the fetus?

The Placenta