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Is is so the baby can still breathe in the mother's tummy,and get any carbon dioxide out.
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Why is it important that a vessel allows most of the blood to bypass the lungs?
So the lungs may have the right material to produce oxygen it needs to function correctly.
What does Foramen ovale bypass?
A Patent (Open) Foramen Ovale bypasses the lungs by short circuiting blood flow from the right atrium to the left atrium.
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 is the function of the conus arteriosus?
shunt that allows the blood to bypass the lungs until they are fully developed and the infant is breathing on its own ===Joline Preligera===
Blood comes back from the lungs to the left side of the heart though the what?
the blood comes back to the heart from the veins.
Why does the blood of an unborn baby bypass it's lungs until after birth?
In all mammals, the lungs oxygenate blood through gas exchange during respiration: breathing. Unborn babies float in amniotic fluid and so could not inhale and exhale anymore than you could underwater. Because they are not needed, the lungs mature relatively late in pregnancy. Although both baby and mother maintain discrete circulation, the placenta allows the transfer of oxygen as well as nutrients to the baby to support its growth and development.
Thinnest portion of wall between to atria?
The fossa ovalis is the thinnest part which used to be open in a fetus to bypass blood traveling to the lungs as they weren't breathing yet.
What structure serves as the lungs for a fetus?
The structure that allows blood to bypass a fetus inmmature liver is called ductus venosus.
How does blood entering the lungs differ from blood leaving the lungs?
The blood leaving the lungs is loaded with oxygen, while blood entering the lungs is about to get oxygen from the respiratory system.
What is the oxygen association reaction that occurs in the lungs?
As the blood passes though the pulmonary circulation, oxygen within the lungs binds with the hemoglobin and is carried from the lungs back to the heart and then from there on to the active tissues of the body.
What is the blood vessel that carries oxegyen?
The lungs carry the oxygen. The pulmonary artery sends blood to the lungs to be oxygenated, where it turns red. Blue blood is not oxygenated, red is. If you cut yourself, you will only see red blood though. Then the pulmonary vein brings it to the left atrium.
What is a harmful waste material that leaves the blood and travels through the lungs the before leaving the body?
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a harmful waste material that leaves the blood and travels though the lungs before leaving the body.
