ductus
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Emerging from the placenta is the umbilical vein, which carries oxygen-rich blood from the mother to the fetal inferior vena cava via the ductus venosus to the heart that pumps it into fetal circulation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The ampulla of the ductus deferens meets the seminal vesicle, a gland that contributes fructose and proteins, at the ejaculatory duct.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The ductus arteriosus is a short, muscular vessel that connects the pulmonary trunk to the aorta.
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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.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
To fill the new-made vacuum, the whole of the blood from the right ventricle rushes through the pulmonary tube, leaving none to go through the ductus arteriosus, thus made useless, and henceforth to be abolished.
From Theory of Circulation by Respiration Synopsis of its Principles and History by Emma Willard
