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ductus venosus

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ductus venosus [′dək·təs ve′nō·səs]
(embryology)
Blood shunt between the left umbilical vein and the right sinus venosus of the heart in the mammalian embryo.


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A portion of the blood flow entering the liver of the conceptus is shunted via the ductus venosus directly to the inferior vena cava and to the heart for total body distribution (Rudolph and Heymann 1967).
 
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