ductus
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Eventually, the muscular and endothelial components of the ductus arteriosus degenerate, leaving only the connective tissue component of the ligamentum arteriosum.
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The ductus arteriosus is a short, muscular vessel that connects the pulmonary trunk to the aorta.
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The ductus venosus closes slowly during the first weeks of infancy and degenerates to become the ligamentum venosum.
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Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital abnormal narrowing of the aorta that is normally located at the insertion of the ligamentum arteriosum, the remnant of the fetal shunt called the ductus arteriosus.
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The left ductus Cuvieri then atrophies so that all the blood from the cardinals reaches the heart by way of the originally right 689 ductus Cuvieri.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
