ductus

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Two-year-old Gulbadan was born with a heart defect, a condition called patent ductus arteriosus.

From BBC • May 2, 2023

As the amount of oxygen increases, the smooth muscles in the wall of the ductus arteriosus constrict, sealing off the passage.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Eventually, the muscular and endothelial components of the ductus arteriosus degenerate, leaving only the connective tissue component of the ligamentum arteriosum.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

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

Achillini noticed the ductus choledochus, the duct leading from the liver into the duodenum, and described the ilio-caecal valves.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.