Healthcare and medicine

Fetal Circulation

  1. Meet the Placenta!
  2. Umbilical vessels and the Ductus Venosus
  3. Flow through the Heart
  4. Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction
  5. Foramen Ovale and Ductus Arteriosus
  6. Fetal Hemoglobin and Hematocrit
  7. Double Bohr Effect
  8. Fetal Circulation Right Before Birth
  9. Baby Circulation Right After Birth
  10. Fetal Structures in an Adult

Meet the Placenta! Learn how the needs of the fetus are met by the placenta, which is a special organ that belongs to both the mother and the fetus! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.

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Meet the Placenta!

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