family. Comprehensive Questions
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Connects the pulmonary artery with the aorta allowing blood to bypass the lungs - Answer:
Ductus Ateriosus
An intra-atrial opening that shunts blood from the right to the left atria of the heart - Answer:
Foramen ovale
Shunts blood from the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava allowing most of the blood to
bypass the liver - Answer: Ductus Venous
Thick substance that surrounds the umbilical cord acting as a physical buffer to prevent pressure
on the vein and the arteries in the cord from interfering with fetal circulation - Answer:
Wharton's jelly
The failure of the fetus growing at the expected rate - Answer: intrauterine growth restriction
(IUGR)
Refers to a fetus or neonate larger than normal for age - Answer: Macrosomic
Contains one vein and two arteries - Answer: umbilical cord
Changes experienced by women that make her think that she might be pregnant. These changes
may be subjective symptoms or objective symptoms or objective signs - Answer: Presumptive
signs