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The ductus venosus naturally closes during the first week of life in most full-term neonates; however, it may take much longer to close in pre-term neonates. Functional closure occurs within minutes of birth. Structural closure in term babies occurs within 3 to 7 days. After the ductus venosus closes, its remnant is known as ligamentum venosum.
VV Vitelline veins, UV Umbilical veins, CV Cardinal veins, SV Sinus venosus. The vitelline veins give rise to: [4] Hepatic veins; Inferior portion of Inferior vena cava; Portal vein; Superior mesenteric vein; Inferior mesenteric vein; The branches conveying the blood to the plexus are named the venae advehentes, and become the branches of the ...
First, the ductus venosus was previously kept open by the blood flow from the umbilical vein. The reduced blood flow through the umbilical vein at birth will collapse and close the ductus venosus. Hence, the IVC will only carry deoxygenated blood from the infant's organs and lower extremities.
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The common cardinal veins, also known as the ducts of Cuvier, [1] are veins that drain into the sinus venosus during embryonic development. [2] [3] These drain an anterior cardinal vein and a posterior cardinal vein on each side. [2] [3] Each of the ducts of Cuvier receives an ascending vein.
The second branch (known as the ductus venosus) bypasses the liver and flows into the inferior vena cava, which carries blood towards the heart. The two umbilical arteries branch from the internal iliac arteries and pass on either side of the urinary bladder into the umbilical cord, completing the circuit back to the placenta.
The unpaired umbilical vein carries oxygen and nutrient rich blood derived from fetal-maternal blood exchange at the chorionic villi.More than two-thirds of fetal hepatic circulation is via the main portal vein, while the remainder is shunted from the left portal vein via the ductus venosus to the inferior vena cava, eventually being delivered to the fetal right atrium.
The ligamentum venosum, also known as Arantius' ligament, [1] is the fibrous remnant of the ductus venosus of the fetal circulation. Usually, it is attached to the left branch of the portal vein within the porta hepatis. It may be continuous with the round ligament of liver.