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The fetal circulation allows oxygenated blood from the placenta to reach the fetus and deoxygenated blood to return via several temporary structures. These include the ductus venosus, foramen ovale, ductus arteriosus, and hypogastric arteries. Oxygenated blood travels through the umbilical vein, ductus venosus, heart, arteries to the body, and deoxygenated blood returns through the veins, ductus arteriosus, and umbilical arteries to the placenta. At birth, these structures close off except the ligaments the

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Pujani Senevirathna

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